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Stories about: atoll

The Country Made of Atolls The Maldives Islands are made of 26 atolls, placed southwest of the island of Ceylon. The islands were lusted for by the Portuguese and Dutch, but also by the pirates of the Malabar Coast (western India). During the 17th century, the islanders put themselves under the protection of Ceylon, and later, in 1887, under t... 14 April 2008 09:57 GMT The First Nation to be Wiped Out by Global Warming: Tuvalu The first nation victim of the global warming seems to be a micro-country in the middle of the tropical Pacific, made of 9 atoll islands and inhabited by 11,000 people: Tuvalu. "In geological time, all the atolls are condemned to disappear. But the climate change can accelerate this" said the French climatologist He... 26 May 2007 09:06 GMT