Nadikdik (Knox) Atoll
A Photo Essay
by Dirk HR Spennemann


Panoramic View of the lagoon of Nadikdik (Knox) Atoll at low tide. The picture views towards the east. Note the largely sand filled lagoonal basin. The small islets on the eastern atoll rim are well visible.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Boulder rampart and shingle beach on the western ocean side of Nadikdik (Knox) Atoll, looking southwest.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Shingle beach on the western ocean side of Nadikdik (Knox) Atoll, looking west.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Rubble beach and strandwall on the western ocean side of Nadikdik (Knox) Atoll, looking northeast.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Exploded US ammunition on Aelon Eo Islet, Nadikdik (Knox) Atoll. The bombs were jetisoned during WWII, most probably after an aborted bombing run against neighbouring Mile Atoll.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Newly established mangrove on the lagoonal sand- and mudflat off Aelon Eo Islet, Nadikdik (Knox) Atoll.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)




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Bibliographic citation for this document

Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). The islands of Mile Atoll--A Photo Essay. URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/Environment/KnoxIslands.html

CONTACT:
Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P.O.Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia.
e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au


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