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Nikumaroro

Remote Pacific atoll in the Phoenix Islands

Archaeology & Origins · 19 Oct 2026Earhart plane search resumes on Pacific atoll after storms delay expedition

A search for the wreckage of Amelia Earhart's plane has resumed on the remote Pacific island of Nikumaroro after three days of severe weather, as researchers investigate an object in the atoll's lagoon that some believe could be the remains of the aviator's Lockheed Electra.