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Atoll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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History, current programs and future plans for the famous and infamous atoll in the northwestern Marshall Island ... Welcome to the Internet World Wide Web site for Bikini Atoll. Bikini Atoll is located in the central Pacific and is one of the 29 atolls and 5 single islands that form the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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Bikini Atoll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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coral island surrounding lagoon: a ring-shaped coral reef and small island that encloses a lagoon and is surrounded by open sea ( often used in place names ) ; Bikini Atoll;
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Atols are most common in the tropical Pacific Ocean where whole groups of islands, such as the Marshall, Tuamotu, and Kiribati islands, are atoll chains. Based on a well-accepted theory developed by the English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-1882), atolls form because of the subsidence of oceanic islands.
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ATOLL (native name atollon in the Maldive Islands), a horseshoe or ring shaped coral reef enclosing a lagoon. The usual shape is that of a partly submerged dish with a broken edge, forming the ring of islands, standing upon a conical pedestal.
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Landforms and Bodies of Water: Glossary. ... Become a member of Enchanted Learning.; Site subscriptions last 12 months. Click here for more information on site membership. ... ; atoll; An atoll is a ring (or partial ring) of coral that forms an island in an ocean or sea.
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Current information about climate and the environment. ... What immediately comes to mind when many of us think of an atoll is a desolate, circular array of coral reefs with white, sandy islands populated by a few lonely, swaying palm trees and perhaps a castaway or two.
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Atoll, ring-shaped coralisland or several smaller islands as part of a coral reef surrounding a central lagoon. There are some 400 atolls in the... ... Atoll, ring-shaped coral island or several smaller islands as part of a coral reef surrounding a central lagoon. There are some 400 atolls in the world, most of which are in...
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Atolls are circular, oval, or horseshoe-shaped arrays of coral reef islands that are perched around an oceanic volcanic seamount and encircle a shallow central lagoon. The small islands are separated from each other by channels that lead from the sea into the central lagoon. ... 2008. "Atoll." In: Encyclopedia of Earth.
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