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With year-round south-easterly wind, huge sand dunes on the island move at the rate of 1 - 2 metres a year, burying away everything on the way, thus making sand on the island extremely rich with nutrients.

According to the legends of the Kabi people (native land owners), the dunes were coloured when Yiningie, a spirit represented by a rainbow, plunged into the cliffs after doing battle with an evil tribesman.Much of the sand colors stem from the rich content of minerals in the sand, such as rutile, ilmenite, zircon and monazite.

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