Palmerston
- ISS006-E-39663
- 17 March 2003
- 20:22 UTC
Palmerston is a medium sized, low-lying atoll formation of the Southern Cook Islands, located 500 km to the northwest of Rarotonga and 360 km west-northwest from Aitutaki. Although Palmerston is a member of the Southern group, it lies far to the west of the other members of the southern islands — physically it has more common with the islands to the north.
Around the reef are six groups of islets, with the largest islets being Palmerston, North Island, Lee To Us, Leicester, Primrose, Toms and Cooks. Many smaller islets and drying banks can be found along the reef or grouped next to the larger islands. Total land area is around 2 km².
image: earth sciences and image analysis laboratory, nasa johnson space center
