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| Office | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Rongelap Atoll | |
| Geographical location | 11 ° 14 ' N , 166 ° 38' E | |
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Burok (also: Burokku-tō , Burokku ) is a motu of the Rongelap Atoll of the Pacific republic of the Marshall Islands .
geography
Burok is located on the southwest corner of the reef rim, it is 8 km away from Motu Pokoreppu in the northwest and just under three kilometers away from Arugaren in the east . The island itself has a roughly teardrop-shaped floor plan and stretches in a short arc along the top of the reef from north to south-east. The island is uninhabited and has been contaminated with nuclear power since the Bravo bomb was tested for nuclear weapons .