Deep wreckPatrimonio Mundial UNESCO

Bikini Atoll

Marshall Islands · Micronesia

Profundidad: 20–55 mNivel: Technical (Trimix)April-October

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The floor of the atoll, where the ships sunk in the American nuclear tests of 1946 (Operation Crossroads) now rest, among them the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga and the Japanese battleship Nagato.

Depth

20–55 m

Recommended level

Technical (Trimix)

Average visibility

30 m

Water temperature

29 °C

Current

Weak

Access

Liveaboard

Best time

April-October

Recommended certification

Technical Wreck Diver

Approx. price

400 USD / dive

Plan your dive

Best time: April-October
Approx. price: 400 USD / dive

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UNESCO designation

Patrimonio Mundial (Sitio de ensayos nucleares del atolón Bikini, inscrito en 2010 como bien CULTURAL)

Did you know

Es uno de los poquísimos bienes de Patrimonio Mundial inscritos por su valor cultural negativo: testimonia el inicio de la era nuclear y el desplazamiento forzoso de la población de Bikini, que nunca pudo regresar de forma permanente.

Location

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43 species documented in Bikini Atoll

Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

Napoleón

Cheilinus undulatus

Tiburón gris de arrecife

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

Near Threatened

Tiburón tigre

Galeocerdo cuvier

Tortuga verde

Chelonia mydas

Critically Endangered

Almeja gigante

Tridacna gigas

Anguila jardinera moteada

Heteroconger hassi

Anguila serpiente de bandas

Myrichthys colubrinus

Anémona alfombra gigante

Stichodactyla gigantea

Anémona disco

Discosoma nummiforme

Anémona magnífica

Heteractis magnifica

Babosa de mar verrugosa

Onchidium verruculatum

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Ecosystem

Pecio

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