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    Îles Maria or simply Maria, also known as Hull Island, is a small coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Its original name is Nororotu. The nearest island is...
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    Maria Atoll is an uninhabited small atoll of the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. It is located in the far southeast of the archipelago, about 72 km...
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    Bikini Bikini Atoll (/ˈbɪkɪˌniː/ or /bɪˈkiːni/; Marshallese: Pikinni, [pʲiɡinnʲi], lit. 'coconut place'), known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 19th century...
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    1811 by British Tahitian sandalwood trader Samuel Pinder Henry, and Maria Atoll was finally discovered for the Western Hemisphere in 1824 by Nantucket...
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    Marutea Sud (redirect from Marutea Atoll)
    east-northeast part of the Gambier (commune), about 72 km northeast from Maria Atoll. Marutea Atoll is irregular in shape and bound by a reef broken by passes into...
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    Gambier: Maturei Vavao Atoll Tenararo Atoll Tenarunga (or Tenania) Atoll Vahanga Atoll Maria Atoll Marutea Sud Atoll Morane Atoll The municipality of Gambier...
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    Map all coordinates in "Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll" using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates)...
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    Nui is an atoll and one of nine districts of the Pacific Ocean state of Tuvalu. It has a land area of 3.37 km2 and a population of 610 (2017 Census)....
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    Atoll Bikar (Bikaar) Atoll Bikini Atoll Bokak Atoll Erikub Atoll Jemo Island Nadikdik Atoll Rongerik Atoll Toke Atoll Ujelang Atoll The average altitude...
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    islands, atolls, and reefs with no native (or permanent) population. Of the nine, only one is classified as an incorporated territory (Palmyra Atoll). Two...
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    Beru is an atoll in the Southern Gilbert Islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the Republic of Kiribati. Beru was previously known as Eliza, Francis Island...
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    Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai, and Raivavae, along with the uninhabited Îles Maria atoll. The Bass Islands (27º 35' S, 144º W) include inhabited Rapa island (or...
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    The Antarctic Technology Offshore Lagoon Laboratory (ATOLL) was a floating oceanographic laboratory for in situ observation experiments. This facility...
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    later, the 50th Redstone rocket was successfully launched from Johnston Atoll in the south Pacific as part of Operation Hardtack I. Two years later, NASA...
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    a largely submerged, uninhabited, triangle-shaped reef, geologically an atoll, 9.0 nmi (20 km) east-west and 4.5 nmi (8 km) north-south, in the North...
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    Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022. Caspani, Maria (May 9, 2022). "Alabama ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth...
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    Male Atoll Kurumba Beach, North Male Atoll Hulhumale Beach, North Male Atoll Bikini Beach, Maafushi Fulhadhoo Beach, Baa Atoll Reethi Beach, Baa Atoll Lily...
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    Poivre Atoll: Poivre Florentin Ile du Sud Alphonse and St. François Atolls: Alphonse Island Bijoutier St François Farquhar Group Farquhar Atoll: Ile du...
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    Futuna, and north of Fiji. Tuvalu is composed of three reef islands and six atolls spread out between the latitude of 5° and 10° south and between the longitude...
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    Central Pacific about 280 km (150 nmi; 175 mi) to the southwest of Midway Atoll, where it was classified as a tropical depression by the JMA and as a subtropical...
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    'Ailuk Atoll' Arn‌̧o [ɑnnˠɔ], 'Arno Atoll' Aur [ɑurˠ], 'Aur Atoll' Ādkup [ærʲ(u)ɡʷupʲ], 'Erikub Atoll' Bokaak or Bok-ak [pˠɔɡwɑːk], 'Bokak (Taongi) Atoll' Jāmo̧...
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    the region also includes Buka Island and a number of outlying islands and atolls. The current capital is Buka, situated on Buka Island. In 2011, the region...
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    several atolls in the Tuamotu Archipelago (the Acteon Group and the isolated atolls of Maria Est, Morane, and Marutea Sud). All the Tuamotu atolls belonging...
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    the Cocos Islands or the Keeling Islands. The territory consists of two atolls made up of 27 coral islands, of which only two – West Island and Home Island...
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    continent. Oceanic islands can be formed from volcanic activity, grow into atolls from coral reefs, and form from sediment along shorelines, creating barrier...
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  • species of Triaenops (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) from Aldabra Atoll, Picard Island (Seychelles). Zoosystema 30:681–693.[64] Tylonycteris pygmaea...
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    chain of just under 80 islands and atolls in the southern Pacific Ocean. They constitute the largest chain of atolls in the world, extending (from northwest...
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  • Maria de la Victoria, the last of seven ships to survive the voyage, after the deaths of Loaísa and Juan Sebastián Elcano. He sighted the Bokak Atoll...
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    Martim Vaz (Brazil) Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago (Brazil) Rocas Atoll (Brazil) Fernando de Noronha (Brazil) Isla de Lobos (Uruguay) Isla Bermejo...
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  • in the Republic of Kiribati, and once known as Hull Island Îles Maria, a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean, within the Austral Islands, and also formerly...
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