List of islands of Kiribati
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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: the Gilbert, Phoenix and Line islands. 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]
[edit] Gilbert Islands
| Image | Island (Previous name)[2] | Land area (km²)[3] |
Lagoon area (km²) |
Coordinates | Type | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Abaiang | 28 | 232.5[4] | Atoll | 5,502[5] | |
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Abemama | 23 | 132.4[4] | Atoll | 3,404[5] | |
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Aranuka | 15.5 | 19.4[4] | Atoll | 1,158[5] | |
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Arorae | 26 | 0 | Atoll | 1,256[5] | |
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Beru (Island) | 21 | 38.9[4] | Atoll | 2,169[5] | |
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Butaritari (Makin) | 11.7 | 191.7[4] | Atoll | 3,280[5] | |
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Kuria (islands) | 12.7 | ? | Atoll | 1,082[5] | |
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Maiana | 27 | 98.4[4] | Atoll | 1,908 | |
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Marakei | 10 | 19.6[4] | Atoll | 2,741[5] | |
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Butaritari | 5.4 | See Butaritari | Atoll | 2,385[5] | |
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Nikunau | 18 | 0 | Atoll | 1,912[5] | |
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Nonouti | 25 | 370.4[4] | Atoll | 3,179[5] | |
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Onotoa | 13.5 | 54.4[4] | Atoll | 1,644[5] | |
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Tabiteuea | 38 | 365.2[4] | Atoll | 4,898[5] | |
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Tamana, Gilbert Islands | 5.2 | 0 | Coral island | 875[5] | |
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Tarawa | 31 | 343.6[4] | Atoll | 45,989[5] | |
| 317.5 | 1866.5 | 83,683 |
[edit] Line Islands
| Image | Island (Previous name)[2] | Land area (km²)[3] |
Lagoon area (km²) |
Coordinates | Type | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Caroline Island | 3.8 | 2.5 | Atoll | 0 | |
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Flint Island | 3.2 | 0 | Atoll | 0 | |
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Kiritimati (Christmas Island) | 321 | 324 | Atoll | 5,115[5] | |
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Malden Island | 39.3 | ? | Atoll | 0 | |
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Starbuck Island | 16.2 | 25 | Coral island | ||
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Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) | 33.7 | 110 | Atoll | 2,539[5] | |
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Teraina (Washington Island) | 7.4 | 0 (enclosed lake) |
Atoll | 1,155[5] | |
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Vostok Island | 0.2 | 0 | Atoll | 0 | |
| 428.4 | 461.5 | 8,809 |
[edit] Phoenix Islands
| Image | Island (Previous name)[2] | Land area (km²)[3] |
Lagoon area (km²) |
Coordinates | Type | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Abariringa (Canton Island) | 9.1 | 50 | Atoll | 41[5] | |
| Birnie Island | 0.2 | ? | Atoll | 0 | ||
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Enderbury Island | 5.1 | ? | Atoll | 0 | |
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Manra Island (Sydney Island) | 4.4 | ? | Atoll | 0 | |
| McKean Island | 0.6 | ? | Atoll | 0 | ||
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Nikumaroro (Gardner Island) | 4.1 | 4 | Atoll | 0 | |
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Orona (Hull Island) | 3.9 | 30 | Atoll | 0 | |
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Rawaki Island (Phoenix Island) | 0.5 | 0.5 | Atoll | 0 | |
| 27.9 | 84.5 | 41 |
[edit] West of the Gilberts
| Image | Island (Previous name)[6] | Land area (km²)[3] |
Lagoon area (km²) |
Coordinates | Type | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Banaba Ocean Island | 6.5 | 0 | Raised coral | 301[5] | |
| 6.5 | 0 | 301 |
[edit] References
- ^ Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) (shtml). Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
- ^ a b c The names in parentheses are the original names prior to Kiribati's independence in 1979. The current names are derivatives from the Gilbertese language.
- ^ a b c d Except for Tarawa and Tabiteuea atolls http://islands.unep.ch/IKQ.htm
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Atoll Research Bulletin #27 (pdf). Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t KIRIBATI 2005 CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING: PROVISIONAL TABLES (pdf). Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
- ^ The names in parentheses are the original names prior to Kiribati's independence in 1979. The current names are derivatives from the Gilbertese language.
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