Bikini Atoll

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Seen at the beginning of almost every episode, Bikini Atoll is the marker of where the Bikini Bottom is located. It has been seen as just a small island with three Coconut Palm Trees. The only known locals are the two seagulls that attacked SpongeBob and his friends in Pressure. In many episodes that involved breaking the surface, or flying out of the water, the island is shown in the background. When SpongeBob and the gang break the surface, they become puppets on sticks, or live action characters (SpongeBob turns into a real kitchen sponge, patrick into a dried starfish, sandy a squirrel puppet with a helmet, and so on.),also It appears in a scene in the SpongeBob Theme Song. In the 1940s and 1950s, it had been place for nuclear bomb tests.

Trivia/Goofs

In Big Pink Loser, the island was featured as a character when Patrick jumped out of the water to tell about "his" newly attained award, only to suffocate from lack of water moments later.

When a map of the pacific ocean and a map of thermal vents are compared, there are at least 4 minor vents wihin 100 kilometers of Bikini Atoll, and that may explain how fire can exist underwater.

Bikini Bottom may be based on the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

Gallery

• Bikini Sea Boundary
  Bikini Sea Boundary
• Island Beach
  Island Beach
• Actual Location of Bikini Atoll (Island to the right of the word 'Railik'
  Actual Location of Bikini Atoll (Island to the right of the word 'Railik'
• Bikini Atoll at dawn
  Bikini Atoll at dawn