atoll
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A single atoll in the Seychelles serves as home to hundreds of thousands of tortoises, while millions of flamingoes flock annually to Lake Natron in Tanzania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The airbase on the small, remote atoll is strategically located and is capable of accommodating long-range bombers.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
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 ● Nov. 25, 2025
The operation concerned a 50-mile-wide atoll, Rongelap Island, in the Marshall Islands.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
In the spring of 1951, the lab staged Project Greenhouse, a test of thermonuclear technology at the South Pacific coral atoll of Eniwetok.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing atoll
Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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Pacific Islands - Introductory
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