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Definition of Atoll
1. Noun. An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon.
Definition of Atoll
1. n. A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island.
Definition of Atoll
1. Noun. A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Atoll
1. a ring-shaped coral island [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atoll
Literary usage of Atoll
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1902)
"This bank stretches down from the west coast of India to Addu atoll in lat.
0° 40' S., but is separated from the Chagos atoll by a depth of 2500 fathoms. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1921)
"The island is an atoll, the lagoon being encircled by a narrow ring of ...
There are only two small islets upon the atoll rim, Sand Islet and Rose Islet. ..."
3. The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes: Being by John Stanley Gardiner (1903)
"The greatest length of the atoll is 5 miles and breadth 2-9 miles ; the circumference
is nearly 13 miles and the lagoon occupies an area of about 6 square ..."
4. Corals and Coral Islands by James Dwight Dana (1890)
"V. —THE COMPLETED atoll. The atoll, a quiet scene of grove and lake, is admirably
set off by the contrasting ocean. Its placid beauty rises to grandeur when ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"Exhibition of Microscopic Preparations of Mammalian Hairs, By FH MARSHALL.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. The following Papers were read :— 1. The Fauna of an atoll ..."
6. The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs by Charles Darwin (1897)
"KEELING or Cocos atoll is situated in the Indian Ocean, in 12° 5' S. and long.
... The greatest width of this atoll is nine miles and a half. ..."
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