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Palmerston Island Palmerston Island is a coral atoll in the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean about northwest of Rarotonga. James Cook landed there on 16 June 1774. Overview Palmerston Island is one of a number of sandy islets on a continuous ring of coral reef ...

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. The islet's name is a simple physical description. it is at the northern tip of the atoll, between

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Tara i tokerau Tara i tokerau ("point of north") is an islet in Palmerston Island in the Cook Islands. The islet is on the north tip of the atoll, between North Island and Marions bank Marions bank is an islet in Palmerston Island in the Cook Islands. It is on ...

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