Aldabra, the world's second-largest coral atoll (the largest is Kiritimati), is located southeast of the continent of Africa. It is part of the Aldabra...

also known as Clipperton Atoll and previously as Clipperton's Rock, is an 8.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi) uninhabited French coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean...

constitution, the function of Local Government is devolved to an Atoll Council to administer each atoll and an Island Council to administer each inhabited island...

Island, South Male Atoll Kurumba Beach, North Male Atoll Hulhumale Beach, North Male Atoll Bikini Beach, Maafushi Fulhadhoo Beach, Baa Atoll Reethi Beach...

Clonfert, Brendan the Navigator, because French sailors associated the atoll with the patron saint of sailors.[citation needed] The name Cargados Carajos...

at the archipelago. ... Analyses of 30 different islets that make up the atoll showed that the seabird species mostly partitioned their use of islets based...

Algeria. France's testing program then moved to the Mururoa and Fangataufa Atolls in the South Pacific. In November 1967, an article by the French Chief of...

The US used the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen in nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll in 1946 as a target ship for the Operation Crossroads. Some (like the unfinished...

creative and controversial protests around the testing site at Mururoa Atoll, took the Free Your Mind award for its campaign against the underground...

the attack at Pearl Harbor. British ships, however, were moved to Addu Atoll, Maldives Islands. Nevertheless, the British lost an aircraft carrier, two...