<i>Tatiman Passage</i> in the northwest of the Atoll is the only navigable entrance into the lagoon of Nikumaroro (formerly Gardner Island), Phoenix Islands, Kiribati.
Original field notes: Showing tree heliotrope (far right). All mounded vegetation on atolls is native. The introduced, most important food plant, coconut palm, tends to have a tall, spiky look. Many inter-islet channels are not as deep as this one.
Angela K. Kepler
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