Sentence examples for surrounding a lagoon from inspiring English sources

These are low, flat islands or atolls of coral origin, surrounding a lagoon.

They lie in a crescent configuration on a reef 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long and 2 miles (3.2 km) wide surrounding a lagoon, the volcano's crater; the total land area is 2.5 square miles (6.5 square km).

Although the movie was ultimately filmed on nearby Tahiti, Brando fell in love with Tetiaroa, an atoll with white sand beaches and coconut palms surrounding a lagoon that was home to Tahitian royals.

Situated on coral-reefed Tetiaroa, surrounding a lagoon 30 miles north of Tahiti, this luxe eco-resort is the vision of late actor Marlon Brando, consisting of 35 thatch-roofed villas with plunge pools, a floating restaurant and organic garden, and a locally inspired spa — all powered through solar energy or coconut oil and air conditioned via seawater.

A coral atoll, it has a 40-mile (60-km) reef that surrounds a lagoon of 108 square miles (280 square km).

The largest atoll of the group is Rangiroa, which consists of a circle of 20 islets surrounding a broad lagoon.

Los Roques is a coral archipelago 150km off the coast of Venezuela comprising 42 small islands surrounding a huge lagoon.

The slightly crescent-shaped atoll (3.76 km² or 1.45 mi² in land area) consists of 39 separate islets surrounding a narrow lagoon, 8.7 by 1.2 km² in size, or with an area of 6.3 km².

The atolls are 50 100 km apart and each is made up of 38 51 islands surrounding a shallow lagoon, one or two of which are permanently inhabited by people on each atoll (Fig. 1).

The canals and a small lagoon surrounding a major part of the theatre had recently been drained for the first time in 40 years for dredging and restoration work, and this would hinder access to the area and eliminate the nearest supply of canal water.

3. Bora Bora, Tahiti This "romantic island" of a number of islands within French Polynesia is 18 miles long with white sandy shores surrounded by a lagoon.