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NUKULAELAE 



From a British sketch survey in 1896 





Figure 6. Chart ot Nukulaelae, an atoll in the Ellice Island group. South 

 Pacific. From H. O. 1981. 



Beagle in 1836 and subsequently has been visited by 

 many scientists interested in coral formations. Among 

 these mention should be made of Wood Jones who, in 

 his book, ''Corals and Atolls/' describes the influence 

 of winds and currents in moulding its shape. 



In early tim.es the coral rock was looked upon as a 

 kind of plant and it was not until 1753 that Peysonell, 

 who made a particular study of the Western Atlantic 



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