atoll
ring-shaped coral reef, generally formed over a former oceanic volcano, frequently with small emerging islands (motus) over the rim, often enclosing a central lagoon possibly still containing one or a few emerging elevated islands
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atoll
Summary
atoll ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,610 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- atoll is credited with the discovery of Charles Darwin[2].
- atoll's video is recorded as Coral atoll formation animation.gif[3].
- atoll's audio is recorded as Atolo.ogg[4].
- atoll's subclass of is recorded as island[5].
- atoll's Commons category is recorded as Atolls[6].
- atoll's has part is recorded as coral reef lagoon[7].
- atoll's has part is recorded as coral reef[8].
- atoll's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1842-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
- atoll's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cs14[10].
- atoll's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Atolls[11].
- atoll's Commons gallery is recorded as Atoll[12].
- atoll's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300008793[13].
- atoll's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 542819[14].
- atoll's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as biotic_reef:type=atoll[15].
- atoll's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as natural=atoll[16].
- atoll's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0081747[17].
- atoll's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18].
- atoll's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
- atoll's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
- atoll's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21].
- atoll's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
- atoll's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[23].
- atoll's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[24].
- atoll's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/atoll[25].
- atoll's shape is recorded as annulus[26].
Body
Works and Contributions
atoll is credited with the discovery of Charles Darwin[2]. Things named for atoll include Atoll Nunataks[27], a nunatak[28].
Why It Matters
atoll ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,610 views/month).[1] atoll has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] atoll is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]
Entities named for atoll include Atoll Nunataks[27], a nunatak[28].