Three Peaks challenges in Nauru

The landscapes of Nauru

Nauru rises from a narrow coastal ring towards a raised coral interior. Its compact landscape is organised around shoreline and plateau rather than valleys and mountain ranges, and its modest high ground should be understood at that island scale.

Command Ridge forms part of the raised interior, above the coastal strip around the island. The plateau's coral limestone origins distinguish it from the volcanic mountains found on some other Pacific islands. Nauru's relief is compact and modest: coastline, escarpment and interior plateau describe it more accurately than a collection of mountain ranges.