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Oct 8, 2020 · The Palmyra atoll was an uninhabited tropical paradise – until the rats arrived (Credit Island Conservation) Palmyra had been an isolated and tranquil Pacific atoll, until a 20th-Century...
By Western Ecological Research Center (WERC) January 30, 2012. The Palmyra Atoll is smack dab in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Vibrant coral reefs and tropical fish fill its surrounding waters. On land, strange-looking crabs feast on fruit in lush, cathedral-like jungles.
Dec 16, 2019 · To the eye, Palmyra is the archetypal image of a tropical island paradise. It is in fact, an atoll – a ring-shaped scattering of small islets made up of coral, much of which is overgrown with dense rainforest vegetation.
- Hannah Bergin
Although Palmyra is a coral atoll with several islets, not a single island, it has been called Palmyra Island since the first visit in 1802. More recently it is for some purposes called Palmyra Atoll .
May 6, 2011 · It shares the name of a James Bond villain's gorgeous island lair, and it, too, is stocked with lush palm trees and marauding sharks. But at the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge—a tropical island system in the remote reaches of the Pacific Ocean—it's the palm trees that are threatening and the sharks that are being protected.
Oct 25, 2007 · Palmyra Atoll, a lagoon surrounded by coral reefs in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is about 1,000 miles from the closest inhabited land — Hawaii. This remoteness makes it a truly remarkable...
Palmyra Atoll, coral atoll, unincorporated territory of the United States, in the Northern Line Islands in the west-central Pacific Ocean, about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southwest of Honolulu. It comprises some 50 islets with a combined area of 4 square miles (10 square km) and an average elevation.
