atoll
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The rescue spacecraft developed by the US startup Katalyst is slated to lift off Tuesday at 1023 GMT from a Pacific Ocean atoll aboard a small rocket named Pegasus.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
When the Marines headed toward the beach on the Tarawa atoll in 1943, things didn’t go well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
The crew was astonished at the beauty of the atoll, a postcard photo of South Seas paradise.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
“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 ● Jul. 11, 2025
A great radioactive cloud was deposited on the tiny atoll of Rongalap, 150 kilometers away, where the inhabitants likened the explosion to the Sun rising in the West.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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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