THE MALDIVE AND LACCADIVE GROUPS WITH NOTES ON OTHER 

 CORAL FORMATIONS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. 



By J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A., Fellow of GonviUe and Caius College 

 and Balfour Student of the University of Cambridge. 



(With Plates I. and II. and Figs. 3—11.) 



CONTENTS. 



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Chapter I. The Coral Reefs of the Indian Ocean 13 



Topography — Soundings — I. Malagasy Section — Madagascar — Comoro Is. — Europa I. 

 — Providence I. — Cosmoledo I. — Aldabra I. — II. Seychelle Section — Rodriguez 

 — Reunion — Nazareth Bank — Saya de Malha Bank — Seychelle Is. — Amirante 

 Is. — III. Chagos Section — IV. Maldive Section — Channel between Maldives 

 and Chagos — India — Ceylon. 



Chapter II. Meteorological Conditions 20 



General — Winds (Monsoon and Hurricanes) — Currents (General, across Atolls, Depth, 

 Effects of Reefs on Direction) — Tides —Rainfall — Temperature. 



Chapter III. The Atoll of Minikoi 27 



Sec. 1. General — Outer Slope — Topography — Sec. 2. L,\nd. — Rocky area — Eleva- 

 tion — Sea-beach — Lagoon-beach — Erosion — Piling up of Sand — Tunda Point — 

 Reef-rock — Distribution and Structure of Conglomerate Rock — Evidence and 

 Extent of Upheaval — Sandy Area — Additional Evidence of Upheaval — Wiringili 

 and Ragandi Is. 



Chapter IV. The Atoll of Minikoi {Continued) ........ 38 



Sec. 3. The Atoll Reef — Kodi Point (Terraces and Conglomerate Masses) — Mou- 

 Ranibu Point — Ko-Vari Bay — Teveratu Point (Corals, Fissure Zone, Buttresses) 

 — Lighthouse — Between Wiringili and Ragandi Is. (detailed Description and 

 organic Life of the Fissure Zone and Flat) — The Boulder Zone (Description, 

 Conglomei-ate Masses, organic Life, etc.)— Sec. 4. The Lagoon— Currents, 

 Tides and Plankton — Reef-flat oS" Boni-Kodi— Sand-flat (Description and organic 



