List of islands of Kiribati
This is a list of islands of Kiribati. The Republic of Kiribati consists of 32 atolls and one raised coral island. These islands are dispersed throughout the three island groups that form Kiribati:
All but one island, sparsely populated Kanton, in the Phoenix group are uninhabited. The remaining Phoenix Islands make up the Phoenix Islands Marine Protected Area, which is the third largest marine protected area in the world.[1]
The table includes area [2] and population[3] data.
Gilbert Islands
Line Islands
| Image | Island (Previous name)[4] | Land area (km²)[5] |
Lagoon area (km²) |
Coordinates | Type | Population (2012) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Caroline Island | 3.76 | 2.5 | 9°56′13.13″S 150°12′0″W / 9.9369806°S 150.20000°W | Atoll | 0 |
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Flint Island | 3.2 | 0 | 11°25′48″S 151°49′0″W / 11.43000°S 151.81667°W | Atoll | 0 |
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Kiritimati (Christmas Island) | 384.4 | 324 | 1°53′0″N 157°24′0″W / 1.88333°N 157.40000°W | Atoll | 4,975 [3] |
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Malden Island | 39.3 | ? | 4°03′0″S 154°59′0″W / 4.05000°S 154.98333°W | Atoll | 0 |
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Starbuck Island | 16.2 | 25 | 5°37′0″S 155°56′0″W / 5.61667°S 155.93333°W | Coral island | 0 |
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Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) | 33.7 | 110 | 3°52′0″N 159°22′0″W / 3.86667°N 159.36667°W | Atoll | 2,870 [3] |
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Teraina (Washington Island) | 14.2 | 0 (enclosed lake) | 4°43′0″N 160°24′0″W / 4.71667°N 160.40000°W | Atoll | 1,580 [3] |
| Vostok Island | 0.24 | 0 | 10°06′0″S 152°25′0″W / 10.10000°S 152.41667°W | Atoll | 0 | |
| 495 | 461.5 | 8,809 |
Phoenix Islands
| Image | Island (Previous name)[4] | Land area (km²)[5] |
Lagoon area (km²) |
Coordinates | Type | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Abariringa (Canton Island) | 9.1 | 50 | 2°50′0″S 171°40′0″W / 2.83333°S 171.66667°W | Atoll | 60 [3] |
| Birnie Island | 0.2 | ? | 03°35′0″S 171°33′0″W / 3.58333°S 171.55000°W | Atoll | 0 | |
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Enderbury Island | 5.1 | ? | 3°08′0″S 171°05′0″W / 3.13333°S 171.08333°W | Atoll | 0 |
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Manra Island (Sydney Island) | 4.4 | ? | 4°27′0″S 171°16′0″W / 4.45000°S 171.26667°W | Atoll | 0 |
| McKean Island | 0.57 | ? | 03°36′0″S 174°08′0″W / 3.60000°S 174.13333°W | Atoll | 0 | |
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Nikumaroro (Gardner Island) | 4.1 | 4 | 04°40′0″S 174°31′0″W / 4.66667°S 174.51667°W | Atoll | 0 |
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Orona (Hull Island) | 3.9 | 30 | 04°30′0″S 172°10′0″W / 4.50000°S 172.16667°W | Atoll | 0 |
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Rawaki Island (Phoenix Island) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 03°43′0″S 170°43′0″W / 3.71667°S 170.71667°W | Atoll | 0 |
| 27.87 | 84.5 | 60 |
West of the Gilberts
| Image | Island (Previous name)[4] | Land area (km²)[5] |
Lagoon area (km²) |
Coordinates | Type | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Banaba (Ocean Island) | 6 | 0 | 0°51′34″S 169°32′13″E / 0.85944°S 169.53694°E | Raised coral | 335 [3] |
| 6 | 0 | 335 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Global Island Partnership (GLISPA)" (shtml). Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Atoll Research Bulletin #27" (pdf). Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Kiribati 2005 Census of Population and Housing: Provisional Tables" (pdf). Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- 1 2 3 4 The names in parentheses are the original names prior to Kiribati's independence in 1979. The current names are derivatives from the Gilbertese language.
- 1 2 3 4 Except for Tarawa and Tabiteuea atolls http://islands.unep.ch/IKQ.htm
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