English-Danish translations for atoll

• atol
  Det drejer sig kun om 200 eller 300 mennesker, som flyttes fra deres atoller, hvor de har levet i generationer. There are 200 or 300 people who are being moved from the atolls where they have lived for generations.
  Der er allerede atoller i Stillehavet, som i øjeblikket skal forlades. Det omtaler den europæiske presse ikke engang. There are atolls in the Pacific which are being evacuated at this very moment, but this is not even mentioned in the European press.

Definition of atoll

• a type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls

Related words

• ayatollah
• ayatolla
• patolli
• Atoll Fruit Dove
• Atoll Starling
• Johnston Atoll
• Palmyra Atoll