NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Rock Islands (Palau)

The Rock Islands of Palau are a small collection of limestone islands in Palau, an island nation of the Pacific Ocean. The islands are uninhabited, but are famous for their beaches, and the peculiar umbrella-like shapes of many of the islands themselves.

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	Palau's two endemic palms are threatened by the greater sulfur-crested cockatoo, first introduced to the Rock Islands in the 1940's.
	The Rock Islands are the preferred habitat of the Palau Ground Dove, the Micronesian Megapode, and the Blue-faced Parrotfinch.
	The Chesisebangiau, or cardinal honeyeater (Myzomela rubrata), perched on a twig of ironwood.

Palau (842 words)
	Uns haben die vielgepriesenen Tauchgründe der Rock Islands nach Palau gelockt.
	Natürlich gibt es in Palau auch jede Menge kleiner Exponate für das Makroobjektiv: Vom bizarren Geisterpfeifenfisch angefangen, bis zu dem unglaublich fantasiereich gestylten Madarin-fisch können wir alles fotografieren.
	Palau ist mehr als nur irgendein Tauchziel: Es zählt sicherlich zu den Höhepunkten im Leben eines jeden Tauchers und hinterließ bei uns einen unvergeßlichen Eindruck.

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