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Atafu Atoll, Tokelau
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Atafu Atoll, Tokelau

The ring shape is the result of coral reefs building up around a former volcanic island in the South Pacific.

Published Apr 6, 2009

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Tetiaroa Island, French Polynesia
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Tetiaroa Island, French Polynesia

This astronaut photograph shows Tetiaroa Island, part of the Society Islands archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean. Tetiaroa is an atoll comprised of thirteen small islets.

Published Feb 16, 2009

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Mataiva Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, South Pacific Ocean
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Mataiva Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, South Pacific Ocean

This astronaut photograph shows Mataiva Atoll, the westernmost atoll of the Tuamotu Archipelago.

Published Aug 30, 2010

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Manihiki Atoll
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Manihiki Atoll

One of the larger islands in the remote Cook Island chain of the Central Pacific has the classic features of a coral atoll.

Published Nov 9, 2015

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Society Islands, French Polynesia
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Society Islands, French Polynesia

In one frame International Space Station astronauts were able to capture the evolution of fringing reefs to atolls. As with the Hawaiian Islands, these volcanic hot spot islands become progressively older to the northwest. As these islands move away from their magma sources they erode and subside.

Published Feb 16, 2003

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Palau’s Reefs
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Palau’s Reefs

The island nation has more coral reef than land.

Published Dec 15, 2012

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Nikumaroro Atoll
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Nikumaroro Atoll

It is one of the most famous patches of coral outside of the Great Barrier Reef.

Published Mar 26, 2018

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Rocas Atoll
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Rocas Atoll

The only atoll in the South Atlantic Ocean is part of Brazil’s Fernando de Noronha archipelago.

Published Feb 29, 2020

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Tagula Island, Louisiade Archipelago
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Tagula Island, Louisiade Archipelago

Scattered like turquoise and emeralds across the dark blue waters of the Coral and Solomon Seas, the coral reefs and forested islands of the Louisiade Archipelago stretch southeastward from the tip of Papua New Guinea for over 350 kilometers.

Published Jan 2, 2009

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Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia
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Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia

The Whitsunday Islands are a collection of some 74 islands sandwiched between the Australian mainland and the outer atolls of the Great Barrier Reef.

Published Jan 2, 2010

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