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Royal Australian Navy warn of Prohibited Area for Atomic Tests on Montebello Islands

   The Royal Australian Navy have warned that, from 1 May, the sea within a radius of 150 nautical miles of the Montebello Islands will be a prohibited area for all shipping and 500 miles for all aircraft as United Kingdom will be conducting Atomic Tests on Alpha and Trimouille Islands.

   Montebello Islands are an archipelago of around 174 small islands about 12ml (20km) north of Barrow Island and 130km (81ml) off the Pilbara Coast of north-western Australia.

   Australian Naval vessels will patrol the outer limits of the prohibited area to warn ships.