Bikini Atoll : America’s Atomic Island November 27, 2021 Unipro2013main History, Military History, US History America’s Atomic IslandBikini Atoll, sometimes known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 1800s and 1946, is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a 229.4-square-mile central lagoon. Credit to : Geographics