Palmerston

Palmerston (2sq.km/1.2sq.mi) is an irregularly shaped atoll with 35 motus. The shallow lagoon is surrounded by a continuous reef with no passages of any depth. Only one of the motus is permanently inhabited. Many buildings in the neat little village were built with timber from shipwrecks. In addition to public buildings such as the church and the radio station there are rainwater tanks for collecting the community's water supply. The lagoon is shallow and suitable only for small outboard motorboats and canoes.