The exodus has been most pronounced from small atolls whose citizens do not need visas to go to a mother country.

However, the other two small atolls were spared the Maldive government's reaction.

Because it is a small atoll, there is no lagoon.

Akiaki is a small atoll rising barely above sea level.

It is the smallest administrative atoll in terms of population.

A good example of one such base was at Ulithi, a small atoll in the central Pacific.

Spirit settled down on a small atoll green with vegetation.

This small atoll is only 11 km2 in area.

Off to the north, he could see the small atoll of Pingelap.

It is the smallest atoll in Micronesia, with a surface of only 13 km2.