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Table 1 :
Classification of the french polynesian atolls by Salvat (1985)
and types of atolls. In this classification open and
closed mean respectively with and without a pass.
|
|
Type
of atoll |
Example |
|
Submerged |
Récif Portland |
|
Open
3-passes |
Amanu |
|
Open 2-passes |
Rangiroa |
|
Open 1-pass, large
and deep, with submerged coral plate on the sides |
Moruroa |
|
Open
narrow 1-pass |
Hao |
|
Closed
with a large part of the ring submerged or flushing the
surface |
Scilly |
|
Closed
with many hoa |
Reao |
|
Closed
with coconut trees everywhere and a few hoa |
Takapoto |
|
Completly
closed, oceanic water when bad weather, cyclones and tsunamis |
Taiaro |
|
Quite
filled up, a sandy lagoon sableux with resident waters |
Puka Puka |
|
Filled
up, with coconut trees in the lagoon |
Nukutavake |
|
Raised |
Makatea |
