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atolls

noun

plural of atoll

as in islands

a ring-shaped land mass surrounded by water and made of coral

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Recent Examples of atolls Roughly a quarter of all tropical seabirds in the world also rely on atolls for nesting. — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026 Seychelles The Seychelles, the smallest country in Africa, is considered a premier fly-fishing destination for its remote outer atolls. — Betsy Donley, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026 Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also claim some of the 250 islands, reefs and atolls in the waterway. — Ivan Watson, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 To date, more than 180 resorts dot the Maldives’ lush atolls. — Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 16 July 2026 The order covers the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, stretching over Palmyra and Johnston atolls and Kingman Reef, among others. — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 Hawkes was born in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and adopted as a baby by an American family who raised him in Utah, thousands of miles from the coral atolls of his birthplace. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 24 June 2026

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The Russian region of Sakhalin includes Sakhalin Island and the four southernmost islands of the Kuril chain, which Moscow controls and Tokyo claims.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
The first Pacific Islander to visit Britain, Mai had joined Captain James Cook’s second expedition during its stop in the Society Islands, which include the islands of Tahiti and Raiatea and today are a part of French Polynesia.

— Saar Shahar, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

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Stockholm sits at the western edge of an archipelago containing more than 30,000 islands and islets.

— David Nikel, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
State media reports on Sunday said several tourism companies suspended their speedboat services between the islets after the deadly capsize.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 July 2026

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