Enderbury
- ISS008-E-18287
- 09 March 2004
- 19:56 UTC
Enderbury, located 64 km southeast from Abariringa and 73 km northwest from Rawaki, is a low coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef that ranges from 50 m to 200 m in width. The island rises steeply from the ocean floor, then from the shore rises to a beach-crest of around 4 m in height, before descending to a low-lying interior basin where a small hyperslaine lagoon is found (orange-coloured in the above image). The island has an area of 5.1 km², measuring 4.8 km in length and 1.5 km in width.
Vegetation on the island consists of atoll scrub and grasses with a few stands of low trees. The island is an important seabird rookery and is the most important Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting area within the Rawaki Islands.
