List of islands of Kiribati explained

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:

All but one island, sparsely populated Canton Island, 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Global Island Partnership (GLISPA). 2007-11-26 . shtml.
  2. Web site: Atoll Research Bulletin #27 . 2007-11-26 . pdf . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060909120639/http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/arb/127/v127.pdf . 2006-09-09 .
  3. Web site: Kiribati 2020 Population and Housing Census: General Report and Results . 2022-02-11.
  4. The current names are from the Gilbertese language with one exception, Tabuaeran.
  5. Except for Tarawa and Tabiteuea atolls http://islands.unep.ch/IKQ.htm

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