Utirik Atoll

Coordinates: 11°15′14″N 169°48′00″E / 11.25389°N 169.8°E / 11.25389; 169.8 Utirik Atoll (also Utrik or Utrōk) is an atoll of 10 islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its total land area is only 0.94 miles², but that encloses a lagoon of 22.29 miles².

The population of Utirik Atoll is 409[1]; it is one of the northernmost Marshall Islands with permanent habitation.

The larger islands are:

• Utirik
• Aon
• Bikrak
• Pike
• Āllok
• Nalap

Utirik was one of the four atolls affected by the Bravo shot, the largest of the many atomic weapons tested in the Marshall Islands during the years immediately following World War II. Research is still being done to ascertain the radiation levels there, though many scientists agree that there is no harmful effect from the radiation still present.

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