atoll oor Afrikaans

atoll

/ˈæɾɑɫ/ naamwoord

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.

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atol

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A RIPPLE of excitement seizes the crowd as two ships slip into the lagoon of the remote Pacific atoll.
GROOT opgewondenheid heers onder die skare terwyl twee skepe by die strandmeer van ’n afgeleë atol in die Stille Oseaan invaar.

Atol

ring-shaped coral reef, generally formed over a former oceanic volcan, with a central lagoon and perhaps islands around the rim

A RIPPLE of excitement seizes the crowd as two ships slip into the lagoon of the remote Pacific atoll.
GROOT opgewondenheid heers onder die skare terwyl twee skepe by die strandmeer van ’n afgeleë atol in die Stille Oseaan invaar.

Atoll

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The islands, or atolls, each average about a square mile [2.5 sq km] in area.
Die eilandjies beslaan elkeen ’n gemiddelde oppervlakte van omtrent twee en ’n half vierkante kilometer.

All but one of the islands of Kiribati are coral atolls.
Almal behalwe een van die Kiribati-eilande is ringeilande.

The Majuro missionary home in the Marshalls and the Kiribati home in the Gilbert Islands are both located on long, narrow atolls less than a half-mile [0.8 km] wide.
Die Majuro-sendinghuis op die Marshall-eilande en die Kiribati-sendinghuis op die Gilbert-eilande is albei op lang, smal atolle geleë wat minder as ’n kilometer breed is.

One place where their skills and services were needed was Tuvalu, a Pacific nation of about 10,500 people located on a remote group of nine coral atolls close to the equator and northwest of Samoa.
Een plek waar hulle vaardighede en dienste nodig was, was Tuvalu, ’n afgeleë groep van nege koraaleilande naby die ewenaar en noordwes van Samoa, waarop omtrent 10 500 mense woon.

The inhabitants of the low-lying atolls that make up the territory of Tokelau in the Western Pacific as well as those of the scattered Maldives in the Indian Ocean, islands that rise no more than six feet above sea level at high tide, feel likewise threatened.
Die bewoners van die laagliggende ringeilande waaruit die gebied van Tokelau in die Westelike Stille Oseaan bestaan, sowel as dié van die verspreide eilande van die Maledive in die Indiese Oseaan wat met hooggety net 1,8 meter bo seevlak uitsteek, voel eweneens bedreig.

Tokelau comprises three low-lying coral atolls located 300 miles [480 km] north of Samoa.
Tokelau bestaan uit drie laagliggende koraalatolle wat 480 kilometer noord van Samoa geleë is.

Smithsonian magazine notes that data collected on the atoll of Funafuti shows that the sea level there has risen “an average of 0.22 inches [5.6 mm] annually over the past decade.”
Die tydskrif Smithsonian meld dat die seevlak daar, volgens data wat op die atol Foenafoeti versamel is, “oor die afgelope dekade elke jaar met gemiddeld 0,22 duim [5,6 millimeter]” gestyg het.

After a day and two nights of sailing toward the southwest, we arrived at the atoll of Pukapuka in the Tuamotus.
Nadat ons ’n dag en twee nagte suidweswaarts gevaar het, het ons by die atol Pukapuka in die Tuamotu’s aangekom.

Furthermore, this remote coral atoll is one of the most important breeding grounds for seabirds in the Tropics.
Daarbenewens is hierdie afgeleë ringeiland een van die belangrikste broeiplekke vir seevoëls in die trope.

Well, though most of the people live in the capital, Nassau, and on neighboring Grand Bahama, others are scattered throughout 15 of the larger islands and some of the 700 islets and atolls making up this island group.
Wel, hoewel die meeste mense in die hoofstad, Nassau, en op die naburige Grand Bahama woon, is die ander versprei oor 15 van die groter eilande en oor van die 700 eilandjies en atolle wat hierdie eilandgroep uitmaak.

Of the more than 1,000 islands and atolls in the branch territory of Guam, over 100 are inhabited.
Oor die 100 van die meer as 1 000 eilande en atolle in die gebied onder die takkantoor van Guam word bewoon.

MANIHIKI, a remote atoll, is one of 15 islands collectively called the Cook Islands, located 1,600 miles [2,600 km] northeast of New Zealand.
MANIHIKI, ’n afgeleë ringeiland, is een van 15 eilande wat saam bekend staan as die Cook-eilande en 2 600 kilometer noordoos van Nieu-Seeland geleë is.

Departing from the island of Majuro, they reached the islands of Wotje and Ormed in the Wotje Atoll.
Hulle het van die eiland Majuro vertrek en na die eilande Wotje en Ormed in die Wotje-ringeiland gevaar.

Although Tuamotu consists of nearly 80 atolls spread across an area of more than 310,000 square miles (802,900 sq km), it has a population of only some 16,000 inhabitants.
Hoewel Tuamotu uit byna 80 ringeilande bestaan wat oor ’n gebied van meer as 802 900 vierkante kilometer versprei is, het dit ’n bevolking van slegs ongeveer 16 000 bewoners.

Thus, by 1990, there were no Witnesses left on the atolls.
Teen 1990 was daar dus geen Getuies meer op die atolle nie.

It is estimated that 80 percent of the atolls in the Maldives could disappear into the ocean.
Daar word geskat dat 80 persent van die atolle in die Maledive onder die see kan verdwyn.

American Samoa, located about 60 miles [100 km] southeast of Samoa, has one main island, Tutuila, and includes the Manu‘a Islands, Swains Island, ‘Aunu‘u, and the uninhabited Rose atoll.
Amerikaans-Samoa, wat ongeveer 100 kilometer suidoos van Samoa geleë is, het een hoofeiland, Tutuila, en sluit die Manu‘a-eilande, Swains-eiland, ‘Aunu‘u en die onbewoonde Rose-atol in.

A RIPPLE of excitement seizes the crowd as two ships slip into the lagoon of the remote Pacific atoll.
GROOT opgewondenheid heers onder die skare terwyl twee skepe by die strandmeer van ’n afgeleë atol in die Stille Oseaan invaar.

Christmas Island is not only the largest atoll in this nation but also, in terms of land area, the largest coral atoll in the world!
Kerseiland is nie net die grootste ringeiland onder hulle nie, maar is ook, in terme van grondgebied, die grootste ringeiland in die wêreld!

These and others are all part of the more than 2,000 islands and atolls scattered over some three million square miles of the Western Pacific and known collectively as Micronesia, or small islands.
Hierdie en ander is almal deel van die meer as 2 000 eilande en atolle wat oor ongeveer 7,8 miljoen vierkante kilometer van die Stille Wessee versprei is en gesamentlik as Mikronesië, of eilandjies, bekend staan.

In addition to the reef itself —actually a series of reefs— the reserve includes some 450 cays, or islets, and three coral atolls, ring-shaped reefs enclosing picturesque lagoons.
Benewens die rif self—wat eintlik ’n reeks riwwe is—bestaan die reservaat ook uit sowat 450 eilandjies en drie koraalatolle, of ringvormige riwwe wat pragtige seemere omsluit.

The scattered atolls of the Tuamotus are hardly visible on the horizon, which helped us to understand why the early navigators called them the Low Islands or the Dangerous Archipelago.
Die verspreide atolle van die Tuamotu-argipel is nouliks sigbaar op die horison, wat ons laat begryp het waarom die vroeë seevaarders hulle die Lae Eilande of die Gevaarlike Argipel genoem het.

This afforded us the opportunity to reach some of the otherwise inaccessible atolls.
Dit het ons die geleentheid gebied om party van hierdie baie afgeleë atolle te bereik.

Geoffrey Jackson, who then served at the Samoa branch office, tried unsuccessfully to contact the New Zealand commissioner for Tokelauan affairs to discuss the problems faced by Jehovah’s Witnesses on the atolls.
Geoffrey Jackson, wat destyds by die Samoaanse takkantoor gedien het, het tevergeefs probeer om met die Nieu-Seelandse Kommissaris vir Tokelauaanse Sake kontak te maak om die probleme te bespreek wat Jehovah se Getuies op die atolle ondervind.

After 101 days and 4,300 miles [7,000 km] of sailing, Heyerdahl and his crew landed on the Raroia atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago.
Nadat hulle 101 dae lank en 7 000 kilometer ver gevaar het, het Heyerdahl en sy bemanning die Raroia-ringeiland in die Tuamotu-eilandgroep bereik.