Lagoon Islands
Britishplural noun
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We passed through the Low or Dangerous Archipelago, and saw several of those most curious rings of coral land, just rising above the water's edge, which have been called Lagoon Islands.
From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles
Ell�ice Islands, or Lagoon Islands, a group of coral islands annexed to Britain in 1892, lying north of Fiji, and extending for 360 miles north-west to south-east.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
There are also Barrier-Reefs, usually enclosing an island in the deep sea, and Lagoon Islands or Atolls, which enclose a lagoon, or lake, such as the one where Sammy now was.
From How Sammy Went to Coral-Land by Atwater, Emily Paret
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