Sentences with phrase «small atolls in»

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The Tokelau Islands are a group of 3 small coral atolls in the South Pacific.

The film opens in 1944 with Corporal Allison (Robert Mitchum) alone occupying a small rubber raft, which eventually brings him to Tuasiva, a tropical atoll that is currently the exclusive home of Sister Angela (Deborah Kerr), an Irish nun who has recently buried a priest and missed a ride to safety in Fiji.

By the time he washed ashore on one of the atolls in the Marshall Islands on January 29, 2014, Alvarenga had survived longer at sea in a small boat than anyone previously recorded.

All four types of reefs are represented in the Belizean reef complex; the fringing reef which is attached to an island or the mainland, the barrier reef separated from the mainland by a lagoon, the patch reef consisting of small clusters of reef materials found in the lagoon area, and the circular «atolls,» here found in association with Lighthouse Reef, Turneffe Islands, Glovers Reef and some of the more southern cayes.

Down here, the Barrier Reef separates from the main land to create an Inner - Lagoon sprinkled with hundreds of cayes (small islands), coral reef, and miniature atolls, which makes for superb diving and snorkeling, and hundreds of square miles of flats that offers the Best in Belize Fishing.

The approximately 450 sand and mangrove cays confined within the barrier and atolls range in size from small, ephemeral sand spits to larger, permanent islands capable of sustaining human settlements.

As well as helping to restore coral in the area, the bio rocks also help to prevent beach erosion, a massive problem around the small atolls of the Gili islands after the destruction of the natural reefs.

Watch this video of diving in the Maldives with footage of manta rays, whale sharks, grey reef sharks, nurse sharks, as well as some of its less vaunted smaller creatures such as frogfish and harlequin shrimps, at this beautiful atoll island chain in the Indian Ocean.

Belize is a small country located in Central America that is fortunate to possess the longest barrier reef in the western hemisphere and three coral atolls.

Discover the history of the mysterious Mayans by exploring fascinating ruins, hiking and snorkelling in crystal clear waters by small islands, atolls and reefs, kayaking along pristine coastlines, hiking into the jungle or cruising rivers to spot amazing wildlife.

There are at least four other small islands, barely dots in the ocean, as well as coral atolls raising out of the sparkling waters of the Southwest Gilis... more delightful islands in the making.

As an Hilton HHonors Diamond members, you could enjoy the breakfast at Atoll Market in the main island or the Vilu restaurant on the small island, where there are only water villas.

Located at the center of the Lighthouse Reef Atoll, this incredible sinkhole measures 1,000 feet (300 m) across and sits in the center of a small circular reef.

Lighthouse Reef — a small atoll 70 km from mainland — hosts many dive sites but perhaps the most awe - inspiring in the famous Blue Hole: a collapsed cave risen from the ocean's floor, leaving a deep geological mystery bursting with aquatic wildlife.

At the end of 2013, they opened Casa Mia, a small hotel / dive center in Mathiveri, a small fishing village in the Ari Atoll.

Just offshore is the Belize Barrier Reef, the second - largest barrier reef in the world, and hundreds of small islands and atolls.

Though small, Belize boasts the largest Barrier Reef in the Western Hemisphere, the famous «Blue Hole, three of the four pristine atolls in the Atlantic, over 200 sand islands, the only Jaguar Preserve in the world and over 500 species of exotic birds.

An Auckland University researcher has offered new hope to the myriad small island nations in the Pacific which have loudly complained their low - lying atolls will drown as global warming boosts sea levels.

A 2016 debris removal effort of Midway Atoll, an island with a population of less than 60 in the middle of the Pacific Ocean (1,300 miles from Honolulu, the closest city), found almost 5,000 bottle caps; if not recycled, these caps travel a large distance and pose a danger to marine life because of their small size

I was facing the fall of a small island nation of 33 atolls spread out in the South Pacific.

June 24, 2016 — Plastic litters the shore of an atoll in the Indian Ocean uninhabited by humans, but there is plenty of life on that small stretch of land.

Ocean - dominated systems, such as the open - ocean and coastal ecosystems adjacent to arid land (e.g. those in Antarctica and adjacent to arid regions, such as NW Australia; Falter et al. 2013) and very small watersheds, such as those in atolls and small islands, will likely reflect the open - ocean pH and Ω dynamics (Falter et al. 2013).

Working with the advice of the Marine Conservation Biology Institute, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Pew Environmental Fund, Bush selected sites that collectively harbor the world's smallest atoll (Rose Atoll - which is home to more than 500 fish species and 97 % of American Samoa's seabirds), several threatened turtle nesting beaches, the deepest ocean canyon in the world (the Mariana Trench, with its otherworldly, undersea volcanoes, acidic thermal vents, liquid sulfur, and incredibly rare life forms), hundreds of species of corals, Hawaiian monk seals, and countless seabirds, rays, sharks, dolphins and whatoll (Rose Atoll - which is home to more than 500 fish species and 97 % of American Samoa's seabirds), several threatened turtle nesting beaches, the deepest ocean canyon in the world (the Mariana Trench, with its otherworldly, undersea volcanoes, acidic thermal vents, liquid sulfur, and incredibly rare life forms), hundreds of species of corals, Hawaiian monk seals, and countless seabirds, rays, sharks, dolphins and whAtoll - which is home to more than 500 fish species and 97 % of American Samoa's seabirds), several threatened turtle nesting beaches, the deepest ocean canyon in the world (the Mariana Trench, with its otherworldly, undersea volcanoes, acidic thermal vents, liquid sulfur, and incredibly rare life forms), hundreds of species of corals, Hawaiian monk seals, and countless seabirds, rays, sharks, dolphins and whales.