Mellu (Rongelap)
| Mellu | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Rongelap Atoll | |
| Geographical location | 11 ° 22 ′ N , 166 ° 59 ′ E | |
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Mellu (also: Melu , Meru-tō , Mullu ) is a motu of the Rongelap Atoll of the Pacific republic of the Marshall Islands .
geography
Mellu is on an eastern arm of the atoll. It is only separated from the nearest island in the east by an approximately 300 m wide canal: Bokoen . The island is particularly narrow. To the west, after the Northeast Pass (Hokuto), there are a number of islands with Gogan . The island is uninhabited and has been contaminated with nuclear power since the Bravo bomb was tested for nuclear weapons .