Kure Atoll

I-Kure Atoll, eyayisaziwa ngokuba yi-spelling Cure kwaye yaziwa ngokungalunganga njengeSiqithi saseGreen ngenxa yokwakheka kwayo kuphela okukhulu, yingqungquthela encinci yamatye, iikorale kunye nesanti ebekwe ekupheleni komntla-ntshona wekhonkco elide leziqithi zaseHawaii, ilizwe lamashumi amahlanu lomanyano lwaseUnited States of America. Ifunyaniswe ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane ye-19 kwaye ende indawo yeengozi ezahlukeneyo ezenzeke kwiinqanawa eziye zayiphonononga, yaba ngummandla wase-US ngoJulayi 1898 kwaye yadityaniswa kwilifa lemveli laseHawaii logcino lwendalo. Phantse ihlala ihleli kumda wembali, ukusuka kwiMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi ukuya kowe-1993 yabamba isiseko soMlindi woNxweme lwase-United States kunye nesikhululo sikanomathotholo, esikwaxhotyiswe ngomtya omncinci womoya, ongasasetyenziswayo ngoku.

Namhlanje i-Kure imele indawo yokuhlala exabisekileyo yeentlobo ezininzi zezilwanyana zasemanzini kunye neentaka zaselwandle, ezisongelwa ngokuqhubeka nokuqokelelwa kwenkunkuma ecaleni kwe-coral reef: imibutho yokuzithandela kunye neeprojekthi zesayensi ezisemthethweni ziye zadalwa eziqhuba ukucoca rhoqo kunye namaphulo okuxhasa ubomi bezilwanyana. ukulondoloza ingxondorha kungcoliseko kunye notyelelo lwabantu olungagunyaziswanga.