0 a ring-shaped island formed of coral (= rock-like natural substance) that surrounds a lagoon (= area of sea water):
the Bikini Atoll
In nineteenth-century accounts of travel among the islands and atolls, one comes across passage after passage about the dress and ornamentation of the inhabitants.
But we are also warned of just how fragile the community's integrity actually is, as atoll inhabitants face rising sea levels through global warming.
This examination of literacy, in turn, provides a framework for understanding the larger ethnographic reality of the atoll.
Antarctica - was it a gigantic atoll or a large continent covered by ice?
So limited are the staples materials and real estate of an atoll-dweller that less toast and tea, beans, bread and chips which are the staples of poor people's diets.
The study will, inter alia, assess the geological stability and hydrology of the atolls.
Ant is a privately-owned atoll and its owner is a strict conservationist.
I believe that research is taking place already on some of these atolls in connection with the production of fertilisers.
