Bikar Atoll

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Bikar ( German outdated: Dawsoninseln ) is an uninhabited atoll in the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. The atoll has a land area of 0.5 km ² with a lagoon area of 37.4 km ². The islands belong Bikar, Almani, Jabwelo and Jaboero. The small island Jaboero, just North West Point is little more than a sandbar. The oval-shaped atoll has an area of ​​13 by 8 kilometers.

Fauna and Flora

Due to its relative isolation of the atoll has a diverse, largely untouched flora and fauna. Among other things grow here screw pines (Pandanus tectorius ), jewelery grass ( lepturus repens ), coconut (Cocos nucifera), Punarnava ( Boerhavia repens ), Pisonia ( Pisonia grandis), purslane ( Portulaca lutea ) and serrated flowers such as eg Scaevola bushes.

Bikar was an important breeding ground for seabirds. Although breeding populations have been declining in recent years, the island has maintained its importance as a regional nesting. In addition, the atoll of the endangered green turtle serves as nesting place.

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