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Ontong Java Atoll

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Ontong Java Atoll
Ontong Java Atoll. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Ontong Java Atoll or Luangiua (formerly Lord Howe Atoll, not to be confused with Lord Howe Island) is an atoll in the Solomon Islands, and one of the largest atolls on earth.

It is inhabited by a Polynesian community of about 2,400 people, who speak the Ontong Java language.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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