Nuclear Test Atolls Travel Guide

Explore Wotho Wotho’s ring of reef and mangrove-lined islets hides a roomy lagoon for fishing, paddling and reef snorkeling. Explore Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site At Bikini Atoll divers explore WWII and nuclear test wrecks and clear lagoon reefs; others study Cold War history at memorial sites. Explore Runit Island A small island in Enewetak Atoll, Runit hosts the concrete Runit Dome containing nuclear test debris; researchers and travelers visit to study Cold War history and the atoll’s landscape. Explore Elugelab Island in Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, destroyed by 1950s US thermonuclear tests; of interest to historians of nuclear testing and Pacific military history. Explore Rongerik Atoll A low coral atoll in the Marshall Islands, Rongerik (Rongrik) has a central lagoon, fringing reef and sparse vegetation; its remoteness attracts divers, fishers and expedition-style visitors.