Sentence examples for an atoll from inspiring English sources

On Wednesday evening, Otto's was as deserted as an atoll.

Admiral Chester Nimitz sent him to Midway, an atoll in the middle of the Pacific.

Nikumaroro, formerly Gardner Island, is an atoll about four hundred miles southeast of Howland.

It is an atoll, consisting of a semi-circular reef and two inlets, one called Johnston & the other Sand.

Bikini, an atoll in the Ralik (western) chain of the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean.

"For this amount of money we could buy ourselves an atoll somewhere in the Pacific Ocean," he said.

The only island of the northern Cooks that is not an atoll, Nassau is oval in shape.

"And you can't build anything on an atoll without a wave-breaking crest in a big storm region".

Geologists have traditionally referred to Saba Bank as a "remnant coastal plain" [1], an "atoll-lagoon floor, deprived of its original reef" [2], and/or a "remnant tidal marsh environment during Pleistocene or post-Pleistocene" sea level fluctuations [3].

Past the sole figure perched atop an ocean wall lies an alluring atoll, a glistening white beach filled with lush vegetation.

A World Heritage Site and marine reserve, it's home to an entire atoll and a 80-square-mile lagoon where you can see rays, sharks and turtles aplenty.