Proposal:Atoll
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| atoll | |
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| Proposal status: | Draft (under way) |
| Proposed by: | Karto |
| Tagging: | place=atoll |
| Applies to: | node,area,relation |
| Definition: | An atoll is a coral reef with cays that encircles a lagoon ; it is vestige of an ancient volcanic island. |
| Statistics: |
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| Rendered as: | * |
| Draft started: | 2013-03-23 |
Usage
Description
An 
Atoll is a coral reef including a coral rim with cays (waterless sandy islets) that encircles a lagoon ; it is vestige of an ancient volcanic island.
Tag values
Node or area?
You can tag this as a single node, an area delimited by the coral reef (natural=reef) or a relation (Relation:site linking the different place=islets or Relation:multipolygon with the coral reef as outer boundary and the lagoon as inner boundary).
Example
- area: Manuae
- Relation:multipolygon: Teti’aroa