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Encyclopedia > Flag of Bikini
Flag ratio: 10:19
Flag ratio: 10:19

The Flag of Bikini is the official flag of Bikini Atoll and its people within the Republic of the Marshall Islands. It is based on the Flag of the United States, with modifications. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3606x1898, 22 KB) Official flag for Bikini Atoll File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of Bikini ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3606x1898, 22 KB) Official flag for Bikini Atoll File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of Bikini ... A flag is a piece of coloured cloth flown from a pole or mast, usually for purposes of signalling or identification. ... Bikini Atoll - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image Bikini Atoll (also known as Pikinni Atoll) is an uninhabited 6. ... Flag ratio: 10:19; nicknames: Stars and Stripes, Old Glory The flag of the United States consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in...


The canton contains 23 stars, each representing the islands of Bikini Atoll. The three black stars in the upper right represent the three islands that vanished during the 15-megaton Bravo test that permanently disfigured the atoll on March 1, 1954. The two black stars in the lower right represent the two islands where the refugees from Bikini Atoll were forced to live after their evacuation from the atoll; their distance from the canton indicates their geological distance from their native Bikini Atoll, as well as their longing for return. The use of the American flag design represents the ongoing responsibility the Government of the United States still owes to the Bikinian people. The black words enscribed in the lower left — MEN OTEMJEJ REJ ILO BEIN ANIJ — are Marshallese for "Everything is in the hands of God." It recalls the original request from the U.S. government to temporarily borrow the islands "for the good of mankind". The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings (a form of jargon). ... A megaton or megatonne is a unit of mass equal to 1,000,000 metric tons, i. ... Castle Bravo was the first test of a Teller_Ulam configuration thermonuclear dry fuel hydrogen bomb, detonated at the Bikini Atoll on February 28, 1954. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ... The term God is capitalized in the English language as a proper noun when used to refer to a specific monotheistic concept of a Supreme Being. ...


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The Flag of Bikini is the official flag of Bikini Atoll and its people within the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
It is based on the Flag of the United States, with modifications.
The two fl stars in the lower right represent the two islands where the refugees from Bikini Atoll were forced to live after their evacuation from the atoll; their distance from the canton indicates their geological distance from their native Bikini Atoll, as well as their longing for return.
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