atoll

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The airbase on the small, remote atoll is strategically located and is capable of accommodating long-range bombers.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

When the Marines headed toward the beach on the Tarawa atoll in 1943, things didn’t go well.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Under a contentious deal inked with Australia this year, the island nation will provide 30-year visas for up to 350 immigrants -- many convicted of serious crimes -- for resettlement on the barren atoll.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

The crew was astonished at the beauty of the atoll, a postcard photo of South Seas paradise.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

A great radioactive cloud was deposited on the tiny atoll of Rongalap, 150 kilometers away, where the inhabitants likened the explosion to the Sun rising in the West.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan