Cocos Lagoon appears as a small incomplete
coral
Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and sec ...
atoll
An atoll () is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical oceans and seas where corals can gr ...
attached to the south-western coast of
Guam
Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...
near the area of the village of
Merizo
Malesso' (formerly Merizo) is the southernmost village in the United States territory of Guam. Cocos Island (Chamorro: Islan Dåno) is a part of the municipality. The village's population has decreased since the island's 2010 census.
Malesso' is ...
. It stretches about east-west and north-south, covering an area of more than .
Cocos Island
Cocos Island ( es, Isla del Coco) is an island in the Pacific Ocean administered by Costa Rica, approximately southwest of the Costa Rican mainland. It constitutes the 11th of the 13 districts of Puntarenas Canton of the Province of Puntarenas ...
and Babe Island sit atop the southern portion of the
Merizo Barrier Reef and separate Cocos Lagoon from the open
ocean
The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the wo ...
in the south. In the east, Cocos Lagoon is separated from
Achang Reef by narrow Manell Channel that leads to Achang Bay. In the north-west, Mamaon Channel separates Cocos Lagoon from the main island of Guam and allows boat access to Merizo. Southeastward of the channel, down to Achang Bay, there is no separation to the main island of Guam. Along the west side, the barrier reef uncovers in spots but has no islands.
See also
*
Fofos
*
List of rivers of Guam
This is a list of rivers in Guam, a ( U.S. territory) in the western Pacific Ocean. The list is arranged alphabetically by the name of the river.
* Agaga River
* Agfayan River
* Aguada River
* Ajayan River
* Alatgue River
* Almagosa River
* Apla ...
*
List of lakes in Guam
Further reading
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Bibliography
*''The Island of Guam'' By Leonard Martin Cox
*Bendure, G. & Friary, N. (1988) ''Micronesia:A travel survival kit.'' South Yarra, VIC: Lonely Planet.
References
Lakes of Guam
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