atoll

Example Sentences

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The airbase on the small, remote atoll is strategically located and is capable of accommodating long-range bombers.

From BBC

"France's propaganda was very powerful," she told AFP, adding that in school she had only learned about the tests' positive economic impact for France's South Pacific islands and atolls.

From Barron's

Also known as the Chagos Archipelago, there are around 60 individual islands, grouped together in seven ring-shaped coral atolls.

From BBC

Under a contentious deal inked with Australia this year, the island nation will provide 30-year visas for up to 350 immigrants -- many convicted of serious crimes -- for resettlement on the barren atoll.

From Barron's

“The Aviator and the Showman” leaves no doubt about Earhart’s disappearance: She misjudged her gasoline reserves, panicked and crashed near tiny Howland atoll.

From Los Angeles Times