North Reef is a shallow reef south of
Rennell Island
Rennell Island, locally known as Mugaba, is the main island of two inhabited islands that make up the Rennell and Bellona Province in the nation state of Solomon Islands. Rennell Island has a land area of that is about long and wide. It is t ...
. It is one of the three atolls that make up the
Indispensable Reefs
The Indispensable Reefs are a chain of three large coral atolls in the Coral Sea. They are located about south of Rennell Island, separated from it by Rennel Trough. The chain stretches over a length of and its average width is .
Administrat ...
in the
Rennell and Bellona Province
Rennell and Bellona is one of the nine provinces of Solomon Islands, comprising two inhabited atolls, Rennell and Bellona, or and respectively in Rennellese (a Polynesian language), as well as the uninhabited Indispensable Reef. Rennell and B ...
of
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capit ...
.
The three atolls are steep-to and each encloses a large deep lagoon. They are separated by deep passages two to three kilometres wide.
North Reef covers an area 18 km long, and up to 7 km wide. The rim of the atoll has two narrow openings in the north and northwest. The reef covers a total area of 100 km², including lagoon and reef flat. There are no islets.
See also
*
List of islands of Solomon Islands
This is a list of islands of Solomon Islands, by province and archipelago.
Islands
* Choiseul Province
**Choiseul Island
** Taro Island
** Vaghena Island (Vaglena, Wagina)
* Western Province
**Shortland Islands
*** Magusaiai
*** Alu Island (S ...
References
Landforms of the Solomon Islands
Reefs of Oceania
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