southern side is narrow to the east and wide and curving to the west. 
It is composed of fine sand which is blown and ridged into the Scaevola ,-, 
indicating that the island frequently receives winds from the southeast. 
There is a three foot vertical drop from the vegetated interior to the 
beach at the eastern corner of the southern beach. West of this area a- 
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-c-urv.e_Q£^duneut—high extends down to-the be ach line^i hlomJihe 
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of this beach, but the shoreline is subject to periodic changes in outline. 
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The beach along the west side of the island is fairly steep, and there is 
a slight vertical cut and overhang at the edge of the vegetated area where 
erosion has occurred. The sand of the beach is hard-packed. A definite 
cove is present near the middle of the west beach, -^Phirs-ar-ea is designated 
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as a small boat landing on the hydrographic charts. There are only a few 
small coral heads in the lagoon area west of the landing, and a large area 
of clear green water lies between the landing and the edge of the reef rock 
to the west. North of this cove the beach curves toward the northwest. It 
is still fairly steep and hard-packed in this area. The beach on the north¬ 
west side of the island is 20 to 30 yards wide and slightly inclined up to 
the vegetated interior. Coral rubble is scattered in the sand, and several 
very large tree trunks are buried in the beach here. After the straight 
beach on the northwest side of the island there is a crescent-shaped beach 
about 100 yards long, curving toward the'east. The beach here is also 20 to 
30 yards wide and has coral rubble. There is a slight drop from the interior 
to the beach here. The beach around the northeast corner is an inverted 
crescent, and the island curves around to the east and then southward to the 
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