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===List of atolls=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable static-row-numbers sort-under col1right" |+ style="padding-bottom: 0.5em" | Largest atolls by total area (lagoon plus reef and dry land)<ref>{{Cite FTP |url = ftp://rock.geosociety.org/pub/reposit/2001/2001075.pdf |title = Atoll Area, Depth and Rainfall|date = 2001|server = The Geological Society of America |url-status = dead |format= spreadsheet }}</ref> |- ! scope="col" | Name ! scope="col" | Position ! scope="col" | Location ! scope="col" style="max-width: 4em;" | Land area (km<sup>2</sup>) ! scope="col" style="max-width: 4em;" | Total area (km<sup>2</sup>) ! scope="col" | Notes |- ! scope="row" | [[Great Chagos Bank]] | {{Coord|-6.17|72.00|display=inline}} | [[Indian Ocean]] | style="text-align: right;" | 4.5 | style="text-align: right;" | 12,642 | |- ! scope="row" | Reed Bank | {{Coord|11.45|116.90|display=inline}} | [[Spratly Islands]] | style="text-align: right;" | | style="text-align: right;" | 8,866 | Submerged, at shallowest 9 m |- ! scope="row" | [[Macclesfield Bank]] | {{Coord|16.00|114.50|display=inline}} | [[South China Sea]] | style="text-align: right;" | | style="text-align: right;" | 6,448 | Submerged, at shallowest 9.2 m |- ! scope="row" | North Bank | {{Coord|-9.07|60.20|display=inline}} | North of [[Saya de Malha Bank]] | style="text-align: right;" | | style="text-align: right;" | 5,800 | Submerged, at shallowest <10 m |- ! scope="row" | [[Rosalind Bank]] | {{Coord|16.43|-80.52|display=inline}} | [[Caribbean]] | style="text-align: right;" | | style="text-align: right;" | 4,500 | Submerged, at shallowest 7.3 m |- ! scope="row" | [[Thiladhunmathi]] | {{Coord|6.73|73.04|display=inline}} | [[Maldives]] | style="text-align: right;" | 51 | style="text-align: right;" | 3,850 | |- ! scope="row" | [[Chesterfield Islands]] | {{Coord|-19.35|158.66|display=inline}} | [[New Caledonia]] | style="text-align: right;" | <10 | style="text-align: right;" | 3,500 | |- ! scope="row" | [[Huvadhu Atoll]] | {{Coord|0.50|73.30|display=inline}} | [[Maldives]] | style="text-align: right;" | 38.5 | style="text-align: right;" | 3,152 | |- ! scope="row" | [[Chuuk Lagoon]] | {{Coord|7.42|151.78|display=inline}} | [[Chuuk State|Chuuk]], Micronesia | style="text-align: right;" | | style="text-align: right;" | 3,152 | |- ! scope="row" | [[Sabalana Islands]] | {{Coord|-6.75|118.83|display=inline}} | [[Indonesia]] | style="text-align: right;" | | style="text-align: right;" | 2,694 | |- ! scope="row" | [[Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve|Lihou Reef]] | {{Coord|-17.42|151.67|display=inline}} | [[Coral Sea]] | style="text-align: right;" | 1 | style="text-align: right;" | 2,529 | |- ! scope="row" | [[Bassas de Pedro]] | {{Coord|13.08|72.42|display=inline}} | [[Lakshadweep]], [[India]] | style="text-align: right;" | | style="text-align: right;" | 2,474 | Submerged, at shallowest 16.4 m |- ! scope="row" | Ardasier Bank | {{Coord|7.71|114.25|display=inline}} | [[Spratly Islands]] | style="text-align: right;" | | style="text-align: right;" | 2,347 | |- ! scope="row" | [[Kwajalein Atoll]] | {{Coord|9.19|167.47|display=inline}} | [[Marshall Islands]] | style="text-align: right;" | 16.4 | style="text-align: right;" | 2,304 | |- ! scope="row" | Diamond Islets Bank | {{Coord|-17.42|150.96|display=inline}} | [[Coral Sea]] | style="text-align: right;" | <1 | style="text-align: right;" | 2,282 | |- ! scope="row" | [[Namonuito Atoll]] | {{Coord|8.67|150.00|display=inline}} | [[Chuuk State|Chuuk]], Micronesia | style="text-align: right;" | 4.4 | style="text-align: right;" | 2,267 | |- ! scope="row" | [[Ari Atoll]] | {{Coord|3.86|72.83|display=inline}} | [[Maldives]] | style="text-align: right;" | 69 | style="text-align: right;" | 2,252 | |- ! scope="row" | [[Maro Reef]] | {{Coord|25.42|-170.59|display=inline}} | [[Northwestern Hawaiian Islands]] | style="text-align: right;" | | style="text-align: right;" | 1,934 | |- ! scope="row" | [[Rangiroa]] | {{Coord|-15.13|-147.65|display=inline}} | [[Tuamotus]] | style="text-align: right;" | 79 | style="text-align: right;" | 1,762 | |- ! scope="row" | [[Kolhumadulu Atoll]] | {{Coord|2.37|73.12|display=inline}} | [[Maldives]] | style="text-align: right;" | 79 | style="text-align: right;" | 1,617 | |- ! scope="row" | [[Kaafu Atoll]] | {{Coord|4.42|73.50|display=inline}} | [[Maldives]] | style="text-align: right;" | 69 | style="text-align: right;" | 1,565 | |- ! scope="row" | [[Ontong Java Atoll]] | {{Coord|-5.27|159.35|display=inline}} | [[Solomon Islands]] | style="text-align: right;" | 12 | style="text-align: right;" | 1500 | |- ! scope="row" | [[Lifou Island|Lifou]] | {{Coord|-20.97|167.23|display=inline}} | [[New Caledonia]] | style="text-align: right;" | | style="text-align: right;" | 1146 | Raised atoll with no lagoon |- ! scope="row" | [[Rennell Island|Rennell]] | {{Coord|-11.67|160.17|display=inline}} | [[Solomon Islands]] | style="text-align: right;" | | style="text-align: right;" | 660 | Raised atoll with no lagoon |- ! scope="row" | [[Kiritimati]] | {{Coord|1.85|-157.4|display=inline}} | [[Kiribati]] | style="text-align: right;" | 312 | style="text-align: right;" | 640 | |}
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