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ISLAND DESCRIPTION 
Enderbury Is a low sandy desei^t Island with few distinctive features. From 
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i: il of frigatebirds M To a lightjouse ana several 
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small shacks. As one apppeerofoe s the island 
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T.nn 3 ±jzd^rt, 03° 07 ! 3*171° 05W the Asia nd. is 2 2/3 miles long and one mile 
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north and southf Xja/f beach line i&^n without any sharp indentations or 
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A fringing reef exposed at i<w t.l&e, surrounds the whole -island feeing- 
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°> i nn^rowpr ^r -w o On the east side dt is 40-50 yards wide 
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(shore to one fathom line)and drops off very sharply «ft from oin^ . 
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n—the—north—end—well—d^veiop0d““aigal.'*“'r , i.0ge 
The reef on the east side scows the normal features associated with a windward 
reesff and that on the west side the features of a leeward reef (l/eins, 1962). , 
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The beachs 
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feeinea- ft n: x i o i .. r er e - and steeper on the pact ■ 
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wide, sand; 
a gradual ; 
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beacn is qp~- 100 lint 1 las s&uLf a impo^eTrbafcly juarfero the 
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- : oil r r; onrc.nn It rises rather steeply to lh"e ten foot level and theifci 
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more graduall/ t e -t i a e 29- xregt^ Tus hepU of~*the west ridge/ In many 
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ox- forms ^l^rge area of the 
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beach surface. On the outh and nort' shores t.’v, ha- rh i-■ ppn-ex is.tent an d S~~ 
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Ov wall pi coral rubble 
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