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Bikar Atoll

An atoll no one has ever lived on, full of nesting turtles.

Turtle nests
250+ (1988)
Marine sanctuary
2025

Then

  1. 1988

    Surveyors count more than 250 green turtle nests.

  2. 2025

    Rats are removed, and Bikar joins the country's first marine sanctuary.

Now

There is no sign anyone has ever lived here.

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