Ontong Java Atoll

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Ontong Java Atoll is one of the world’s largest coral atolls, a remote Polynesian outlier in the Solomon Islands known for its distinctive Polynesian culture and low-lying reef islands.

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Ontong Java Atoll canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polynesian outlier
atoll
coral atoll
administrativeDivisionOf Solomon Islands
alsoKnownAs Lord Howe Atoll
Luangiua
climate tropical
country Solomon Islands
culture Polynesian culture
distanceFromMainland remote from main Solomon Islands archipelago
economicActivity copra production
subsistence fishing
elevation low-lying
environmentalConcern coastal erosion
coral bleaching
ethnicGroup Polynesians
feature lagoon
large coral reef platform
reef islands
geologicalType oceanic atoll
governingBody Malaita Province
surface form: Malaita Provincial Government
habitat seabirds
tropical marine species
hasPart Luaniua Island
Pelau Island
multiple low-lying reef islands
language Ontong Java language
locatedIn Melanesia
Pacific Ocean
Solomon Islands
locatedOn Ontong Java Plateau
marineEnvironment coral reef ecosystem
navigationTradition Polynesian wayfinding
partOf Malaita Province
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated
region Polynesian outliers
regionalContext southwest Pacific Ocean
surface form: Southwest Pacific
relativeSize one of the world’s largest atolls
religion Christianity
risk sea level rise vulnerability
sovereignState Solomon Islands
timezone UTC+11
traditionalHousing stilt houses
traditionalSubsistence breadfruit cultivation
taro cultivation
transport access mainly by boat

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Polynesian outliers hasExample Ontong Java Atoll
Malaita Province contains Ontong Java Atoll
Ontong Java Plateau nearbyFeature Ontong Java Atoll
Luangiua partOf Ontong Java Atoll
Luangiua archipelago Ontong Java Atoll
Nukumanu near Ontong Java Atoll