List of islands of Kiribati
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This is a list of all of the 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:
- the Gilbert Islands,
- the Phoenix Islands,
- the Line Islands.
All the Phoenix Islands are uninhabited except for one island, the sparsely populated Canton Island. 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 Gilbert Islands are part of Micronesia. The Phoenix Islands and Line Islands are geographically located within the Polynesian Triangle, but had no permanent settlements until European colonization and their current populations stem from the Micronesian inhabitants of the Gilbert Islands.
Gilbert Islands
| Image | Island (Previous name)[4] | Land area (km2)[5] |
Lagoon area (km2) |
Coordinates | Type | Population (2020) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Abaiang | 16.0 | 232.5 [2] | 01°51′0″N 172°58′0″E | Atoll | 5,815 [3] |
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Abemama | 27.8 | 132.4 [2] | 0°24′0″N 173°52′0″E | Atoll | 3,255 [3] |
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Aranuka | 15.5 | 19.4 [2] | 0°11′0″N 173°36′0″E | Atoll | 1,221 [3] |
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Arorae | 9.5 | 0 | 2°38′0″S 176°49′0″E | Atoll | 994 [3] |
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Beru (Island) | 14.7 | 38.9 [2] | 1°20′0″S 176°0′0″E | Atoll | 2,214 [3] |
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Butaritari (Makin) | 13.6 | 191.7 [2] | 3°10′04″N 172°49′33″E | Atoll | 3,250 [3] |
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Kuria (atoll) | 12.7 | ? | 0°55′0″N 173°0′0″E | Atoll | 1,190 [3] |
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Maiana | 15.9 | 98.4 [2] | 1°50′0″N 173°01′0″E | Atoll | 2,345 [3] |
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Makin (atoll) | 6.7 | 0.3 | 3°23′00″N 173°00′00″E | Atoll | 1,914 [3] |
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Marakei | 13.5 | 19.6 [2] | 02°01′0″N 173°17′0″E | Atoll | 2,738 [3] |
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Nikunau | 18.2 | 0 | 01°22′0″S 176°28′0″E | Atoll | 2,055 [3] |
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Nonouti | 29.2 | 370.4 [2] | 00°40′0″S 174°21′0″E | Atoll | 2,749 [3] |
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Onotoa | 13.5 | 54.4 [2] | 01°52′0″S 175°34′0″E | Atoll | 1,417 [3] |
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Tabiteuea | 38.0 | 365.2 [2] | 01°20′0″S 174°50′0″E | Atoll | 5,537 [3] |
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Tamana, Gilbert Islands | 4.8 | 0 | 2°30′0″S 175°59′0″E | Coral island | 1,028 [3] |
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Tarawa | 31.9 | 343.6 [2] | 1°25′0″N 173°02′0″E | Atoll | 70,090 [3] |
| 281.5 | 1866.5 | 107,812 |
Line Islands
| Image | Island (Previous name)[4] | Land area (km2)[5] |
Lagoon area (km2) |
Coordinates | Type | Population (2020) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Millennium Island (Caroline Island) | 3.76 | 2.5 | 9°56′13.13″S 150°12′0″W | Atoll | 0 |
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Flint Island | 3.2 | 0 | 11°25′48″S 151°49′0″W | Coral island | 0 |
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Kiritimati (Christmas Island) | 384.4 | 324 | 1°53′0″N 157°24′0″W | Atoll | 7,369 [3] |
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Malden Island | 39.3 | ? | 4°03′0″S 154°59′0″W | Atoll | 0 |
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Starbuck Island | 16.2 | 25 | 5°37′0″S 155°56′0″W | Atoll | 0 |
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Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) | 33.7 | 110 | 3°52′0″N 159°22′0″W | Atoll | 1,990 [3] |
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Teraina (Washington Island) | 14.2 | 0 (enclosed lake) | 4°43′0″N 160°24′0″W | Atoll | 1,893 [3] |
| Vostok Island | 0.24 | 0 | 10°06′0″S 152°25′0″W | Atoll | 0 | |
| 495 | 461.5 | 11,252 |
Phoenix Islands
| Image | Island (Previous name)[4] | Land area (km2)[5] |
Lagoon area (km2) |
Coordinates | Type | Population (2020) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Canton Island | 9.1 | 50 | 2°50′0″S 171°40′0″W | Atoll | 41 [3] |
| Birnie Island | 0.2 | ? | 03°35′0″S 171°33′0″W | Atoll | 0 | |
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Enderbury Island | 5.1 | ? | 3°08′0″S 171°05′0″W | Atoll | 0 |
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Manra Island (Sydney Island) | 4.4 | ? | 4°27′0″S 171°16′0″W | Atoll | 0 |
| McKean Island | 0.57 | ? | 03°36′0″S 174°08′0″W | Atoll | 0 | |
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Nikumaroro (Gardner Island) | 4.1 | 4 | 04°40′0″S 174°31′0″W | Atoll | 0 |
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Orona (Hull Island) | 3.9 | 30 | 04°30′0″S 172°10′0″W | Atoll | 0 |
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Rawaki Island (Phoenix Island) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 03°43′0″S 170°43′0″W | Atoll | 0 |
| 27.87 | 84.5 | 41 |
West of the Gilberts
| Image | Island (Previous name)[4] | Land area (km2)[5] |
Lagoon area (km2) |
Coordinates | Type | Population (2020) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Banaba (Ocean Island) | 6 | 0 | 0°51′34″S 169°32′13″E | Raised coral | 333 [3] |
| 6 | 0 | 333 |