 ... first elevation of the island, must have been worn away to a large extent by the sea ; and the cliff and some isolated pinnacles of coral rock still standing on the coast are evidence of the degradation. But at present there is a wide shore platform...  Memoir on the Island of Navassa (West Indies) - Page 11by Eugene Gaussoin - 1866 - 32 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Science - 1851 - 510 pages
...degradation. But at present there is a wide shore platform of coral reef, two hundred or two hundred and fifty feet wide, resembling that of the low coral islands, and having growing coral as usual about its margin and in the shallow depths beyond. In the face of the cliff there are two horizontal lines,... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - Coral reefs and islands - 1872 - 430 pages
...degradation. But at present there is a wide shore-platform of coral reef, two hundred or two hundred and fifty feet wide, resembling that of the low coral islands, and having growing coral, as usual, about its margin and in the shallow depths beyond. In the face of the cliff there are two horizontal lines,... | |
 | James D. Dana - 1899 - 474 pages
...degradation. But at present there is a wide shore-platform of coral reef, two hundred or two hundred and fifty feet wide, resembling that of the low coral islands, and having growing coral, as usual, about its margin and in the shallow depths beyond. In the face of the cliff there are two horizontal lines,... | |
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