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[[File:InaiachannelDM.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Naia|Nai'a]] offshore. Notice the person seated with his legs in the [[boat channel]].]] | [[File:InaiachannelDM.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Naia|Nai'a]] offshore. Notice the person seated with his legs in the [[boat channel]].]] | ||
As far as [[TIGHAR]] knows, the '''landing channel''' blasted out of the reef by the British around the time that [[abandonment|the colony was abandoned in 1963]] is in the same location as a natural channel that had been traditionally used to approach [[Nikumaroro]] from offshore. It is the narrowest part of [[the reef]] and it only makes sense that those who were broadening and deepening the channel would follow the shortest and most natural route to the shoreline. | |||
To do: Add information on the ''Landing beacon.'' | Another natural feature of the reef is a so-called "[[boat channel]]" that runs south out of [[Tatiman Passage]] along the village on the ocean shore line. There is a similar channel running north out of the passage along the [[Nutiran]]. These natural channels allow small boats to navigate from the landing channel to the village when the tide is high enough. | ||
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'''To do:''' Add information on the ''Landing beacon.'' | |||
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Revision as of 14:54, 1 June 2011
As far as TIGHAR knows, the landing channel blasted out of the reef by the British around the time that the colony was abandoned in 1963 is in the same location as a natural channel that had been traditionally used to approach Nikumaroro from offshore. It is the narrowest part of the reef and it only makes sense that those who were broadening and deepening the channel would follow the shortest and most natural route to the shoreline.
Another natural feature of the reef is a so-called "boat channel" that runs south out of Tatiman Passage along the village on the ocean shore line. There is a similar channel running north out of the passage along the Nutiran. These natural channels allow small boats to navigate from the landing channel to the village when the tide is high enough.
To do: Add information on the Landing beacon.