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Bikini Facts

ORIGINAL HOME OF THE BIKINIANS:

Bikini Atoll

Total Land Area:	3.4 Square Miles
Bikini Island	586 acres
Eneu Island	308 acres
Total Lagoon Area:	240 Square Miles

23 Total Islands

Three Islands were vaporized during the nuclear tests

Bikini Island was always considered the home island for the Bikinians

CURRENT HOME OF THE BIKINIANS:

Kili Island
(425 miles south of Bikini Atoll)

"As soon as the war ended, we located the one spot on earth that hadn't been touched by the war and blew it to hell."
--Comedian Bob Hope commenting on Operation Crossroads

Weather
Air Temperature: 80-85 degrees all year. The months of June through December are a bit wetter though with less wind. The months of January through May are drier but with more wind.

Water Temperature: 80-85 degrees all year. More wave action in the months of January through May due to the trade winds.

Flora and Fauna
Food crops grown on Bikini and throughout the Marshalls include coconuts, pandanus, papaya, banana, arrowroot, taro, limes, breadfruit, and pumpkin. A wide variety of trees and other plants are also present on the islands. All fruits and vegetables used for the Bikini Atoll dive and sport fishing operation are imported.

Animal life on Bikini and throughout the Marshalls includes small lizards, hermit crabs, coconut crabs, and a wide variety of birds. Pigs, ducks and chickens are raised for food, and dogs and cats are kept as pets.

BIKINIAN DEMOGRAPHICS

As of February 1999, current population of Bikinians:

Kili	1000
Majuro	700
Ejit	275
Other Marshall Islands Atolls	175
U.S. & Other Countries	450
Total:	2,600

Total Bikinians in 1946 at time of move: 196

Total Bikinians that were actually living on Bikini: 167

As of February of 1999: