Aanikai Explained

Eanikai
Type:island
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Kiribati
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Gilbert Islands
Subdivision Type2:Council of the island
Subdivision Name2:Tabiteuea
Subdivision Type3:district
Subdivision Type4:municipality
Area Total Km2:22.42
Timezone:NZST
Utc Offset:+12
Pushpin Map:Kiribati#Micronesia#Oceania#Pacific Ocean
Coordinates:-1.1537°N 174.7149°W

Aanikai is the main island of North Tabiteuea, in Kiribati.[1] [2]

Its surface area is 22.4 km2 (about 24 km2 of the entire northern part of the atoll).

The following communities are found on Eanikai:

Savanna climate prevails in the area. Annual average temperature in the area is  °C. The warmest month is January, when the average temperature is  °C, and the coldest is December, with  °C.[3] Average annual precipitation is millimeters. The rainiest month is June, with an average of mm precipitation, and the driest is November, with mm of precipitation.[4]

References

  1. Book: Camus, Guigone. Tabiteuea Kiribati (Beaux-Arts). 2014 . HAZAN. fr. 51–52. 9-782754-10787-7.
  2. Web site: "The case of the Tabiteuea atoll", In: Bambridge T. and Latouche J-P., Pacific atolls in the face of climate change. Guigone. Camus. 2017. fr. PDF. 121–172.
  3. Web site: NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index. January 30, 2016. NASA. https://web.archive.org/web/20200511075542/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php. May 11, 2020.
  4. Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month—TRMM). January 30, 2016. NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. https://web.archive.org/web/20190419091014/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=TRMM_3B43M&year=2014 . April 19, 2019.