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An island that is located where the ocean water temperatures are just sufficiently warm for upward reef growth to keep pace with the rate of subsidence is said to be at the Darwin Point. Islands in colder, more polar regions evolve toward seamounts or guyots; warmer, more equatorial islands evolve toward atolls, for example Kure Atoll.
Kiritimati (Gilbertese pronunciation: [kiˈrɪsmæs]), also known as Christmas Island, is a Pacific Ocean atoll in the northern Line Islands. It is part of the Republic of Kiribati. The name is derived from the English word "Christmas" written in Gilbertese according to its phonology, in which the combination ti is pronounced /s/.
Pronunciation: Common English country name: ... Tuvalu consists of three reef islands and six true atolls, whose highest point above the sea is five metres. [9]
Rangiroa (Tuamotuan for 'vast sky') or Te Kokōta (Cook Islands Māori for 'the Hyades star cluster') is the largest atoll in the Tuamotus and one of the largest in the world (smaller than Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands and Huvadhu in the Maldives).
Map of Enewetak Atoll Aerial view of Enewetak and Parry. Enewetak Atoll (/ ɛ ˈ n iː w ə ˌ t ɔː k, ˌ ɛ n ɪ ˈ w iː t ɔː k /; [2] also spelled Eniwetok Atoll or sometimes Eniewetok; Marshallese: Ānewetak, [ænʲeːwɛːdˠɑk], or Āne-wātak, [ænʲeːwæːdˠɑk]; [3] known to the Japanese as Brown Atoll or Brown Island; Japanese: ブラウン環礁) is a large coral atoll of 40 ...
Trying to pronounce both pairs of L's in the name of this northern Rhode Island town is a classic rookie mistakes. Locals drop the first and call it "BUH-reh-vil," which sometimes comes out more ...
A map of Tetiʻaroa based on a map made in 1933. Tetiʻaroa is administratively part of the commune of Arue, whose main part is in the northeastern part of Tahiti.The atoll is located 53 kilometres (33 mi) north of Tahiti.
Resort islands(*), airports(¤) and industrial islands are also considered uninhabited. Green turtle hatchlings making their way to the sea on the uninhabited island on Loafaru in Noonu Atoll Noonu Atoll (also known as Southern Miladhunmadulu Atoll or Miladhunmadulu Dhekunuburi ) is an administrative division of the Maldives corresponding to ...