Natural features

Milky Way lagoon, Palau

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Milky Way lagoon, Palau — Photo: LuxTonnerre from Munich, Germany, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A shallow lagoon with white limestone mud on the bottom, which visitors smear on their skin. Part of Rock Islands tours.

Palau has strict environmental rules; sign the Palau Pledge on arrival.

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Kind	Natural features
Where	Rock Islands, Koror.
Cost	Tour

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Palau

Capital	Melekeok
Continent	Oceania Micronesia
Population	16,733
Languages	Palauan, English
Currency	United States dollar (USD, $)
Calling code	+680
Time zone	UTC+09:00 (PWT)

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Hundreds of mushroom-shaped limestone islands in a turquoise lagoon, a UNESCO site.