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What is a coral atoll?
A coral atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef or island found in warm, tropical oceans. They are formed from the accumulation of coral skeletons on the rims of submerged volcanic islands over thousands of years. Atolls typically enclose a lagoon in their center.
What is the largest coral atoll in the world?
The largest coral atoll in the world is Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, covering an area of around 6,600 square kilometers. It consists of 97 islets around a lagoon that is 16-97 km wide.
What is the capital of Johnston Atoll?
Quince Xzavier
What is a ring shaped island called?
Atoll. Atolls are oceanic reef formation, often having a characteristic ring-like shape surrounding a lagoon. Atolls are formed when coral reef grows around a volcanic island that later subsides into the ocean.
What do you call a group of islands?
An Atoll is the name used to refer to a group of related coral islands.
What is the center of an atoll?
lagoon
What is the nearest body of land closest to the geographic center of the Pacific ocean?
Palmyra atoll
What is an example of atoll?
bikini atoll
What is the opposite of atoll?
the oppsite of atoll is planet
What are some examples of atoll island?
bikini atoll
What word do the letters atoll make?
Allot and atoll.
What part of speech is the word atoll?
Atoll is a noun.
What is a lagoons boundary?
A lagoon boundary is an atoll.
What is a coral atoll?
A coral atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef or island found in warm, tropical oceans. They are formed from the accumulation of coral skeletons on the rims of submerged volcanic islands over thousands of years. Atolls typically enclose a lagoon in their center.
What is a ring of coral that encloses a pool of seawater?
A atoll
What is a sentence with the word atoll?
Let's not strand ourselves on this atoll.
What is the population of Ailinglaplap Atoll?
Ailinglaplap Atoll's population is 1,959.
