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Coastline of atoll Nikumaroro in the Phoenix Islands.

Coastline of atoll Nikumaroro in the Phoenix Islands.
Coastline of atoll Nikumaroro in the Phoenix Islands.
Coastline of atoll Nikumaroro in the Phoenix Islands.
Coastline of atoll Nikumaroro in the Phoenix Islands.
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Madin, Laurence P.
Coastline of atoll Nikumaroro in the Phoenix Islands.
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11/10/2009
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Eight atolls in the Pacific represent the world's largest marine protected area, the Phoenix Islands Protected Area. Atolls are low ring-shaped islands of coral rubble that form over millennia as coral reefs grow around volcanic islands that sink, leaving the coral ring exposed. A classic atoll, Nikumaroro has coconut palms ringing a warm, shallow central lagoon that is a nursery for young reef fish.
Photo by Larry Madin
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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