As the vehicle reached a road junction, Japanese troops began firing a machine gun located on a coral ridge about a third of a mile away.

Cameron felt a searing pain as a coral ridge tore his face into an unrecognizable mass of ribboned flesh and that was the last thing he knew.

In the first hour of action, the assault waves fought their way 100 yards inland to the top of a small coral ridge, one of dozens on the island.

Out of the water, a short climb takes a visitor to the Shark's Observatory, at the top of an exposed coral ridge that falls 262 feet into the open ocean.

First Lieutenant Rouh had been moving his mortar platoon near the top of a small coral ridge in preparation for digging in for the night, according to a field dispatch from SSgt James F. Moser, Jr., a Marine Corps Combat Correspondent.

Cook Islands: Aitutaki's lagoon: turquoise-colored, with magnificent sandbars and coral ridges - ideal for snorkeling.

Both are under a coral ridge.

Aitutaki's marvellous lagoon, dotted with sand bars, coral ridges and 21 uninhabited motu (lagoon islets), is colourful and full of life.

When the current owners, Anne and Jackson Ward, asked Mr. Jungles to build a hog home for their pet pig, Virginia, they discovered a coral ridge running beneath the lawn.

This coral ridge is named for an island landmark, the Turtle Farm, which raises these animals commercially, the meat for soup, the shells for jewelry.