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Enewetak Atoll
Enewetak Atoll (or Eniwetok Atoll, sometimes also spelled Eniewetok; (マーシャル語:Ānewetak), , or , 〔(Marshallese-English Dictionary – Place Name Index )〕) is a large coral atoll of 40 islands in the Pacific Ocean and with its 850 people forms a legislative district of the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its land area totals less than , is not higher than 5 metres and surrounds a deep central lagoon, in circumference. It is the second-westernmost atoll of the Ralik Chain and is west from Bikini Atoll. The U.S. government referred to the atoll as "Eniwetok" until 1974, when it changed its official spelling to "Enewetak" (along with many other Marshall Islands place names, to more properly reflect their pronunciation by the Marshall Islanders). In 1977–1980, a concrete dome was built on Runit Island to deposit radioactive soil and debris.〔(the-nuclear-trash-can )〕
==Geography==
Enewetak Atoll formed atop a seamount. The seamount was formed in the late Cretaceous. This seamount is now about below sea level. It is made of basalt, and its depth is due to a general subsidence of the entire region and not because of erosion.
Enewetak has a mean elevation above sea level of .
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