Bikini, Bikini Island and Bikinians

Bikini Atoll Reference Facts

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. There is 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.

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:
[Bokonijien, Aerokojlol, Nam]

Bikini Island was always considered the home island for the Bikinians.

CURRENT HOME OF THE BIKINIANS: Kili Island
(425 miles south of Bikini Atoll)

Total Land Area: 0.36 Square Miles
One island (No lagoon) 200 acres

Editors note: Three Islands were vaporized during the nuclear tests: [Bokonijien, Aerokojlol, Nam]

Bikini Island was always considered the home island for the Bikinians.

At this time the people of Bikini remain scattered throughout the Marshall Islands and the world as they wait for the cleanup of Bikini to begin, mostly due to the fact that the money they have received from the U.S. government inadequate to fund a full radiological cleanup of the entire atoll.

As of March 0f 2006 the current population of Bikinians:
Kili: 1175
Majuro: 1455
Ejit: 275
Other Marshall Islands Atolls: 300
U.S. & Other Countries: 475
Total: 3,680

Total Bikinians in 1946 at time of move:196
Total Bikinians that were actually living on Bikini: 167

As of March of 2006

Bikinians alive of the 167 that were moved from Bikini in 1946: 56
Deceased: 111

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