Line Islands or Equatorial Islands, coral group, 43 sq mi (111 sq km), central and S Pacific. Once valuable for their guano deposits, the islands now have coconut groves, airfields, and meteorological stations. Of the 11 islands in the group, 8 comprise part of the Republic of Kiribati Kiribati , officially Republic of Kiribati (2005 est. pop. 103,000), 342 sq mi (886 sq km), consisting of 33 islands scattered across 2,400 mi (3,860 km) of the Pacific Ocean near the equator.
..... Click the link for more information. : Teraina Teraina , atoll (1990 pop. 936), 3 sq mi (7.8 sq km), central Pacific, one of the Line Islands and part of the Republic of Kiribati. Visited by the American explorer Edmund Fanning in 1798, it was annexed by Great Britain in 1889 and became part of the colony of the
..... Click the link for more information. , Tabuaeran Tabuaeran , atoll (1990 pop. 1,309), c.15 sq mi (40 sq km), central Pacific, one of the Line Islands and part of the Republic of Kiribati. Visited by the American explorer Edmund Fanning in 1798, it was annexed by Great Britain in 1889 and became a part of the colony
..... Click the link for more information. , Kiritimati Kiritimati , largest atoll in the Pacific (1990 pop. 2,537), 222 sq mi (575 sq km), in the Line Islands, one of the island groups that compose the Republic of Kiribati.
..... Click the link for more information. (formerly Washington, Fanning, and Christmas Islands), Malden, Starbuck, Caroline, Vostok, and Flint. Kingman Reef Kingman Reef, uninhabited reef, less than 1 sq mi (2.6 sq km), central Pacific, one of the Line Islands, 1,075 mi (1,730 km) SW of Honolulu. It was discovered by Americans in 1798 and annexed by the United States in 1922.
..... Click the link for more information. , Palmyra Palmyra, atoll (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, one of the Line Islands, c.1,100 mi (1,770 km) SW of Honolulu. Palmyra has no permanent inhabitants. First visited by Americans in 1802, and later claimed by the Hawaiian kingdom (1862) and Great Britain (1889), it
..... Click the link for more information. , and Jarvis Island Jarvis Island, island, 1.7 sq mi (4.4 sq km), central Pacific, one of the Line Islands, just south of the equator and c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) S of Honolulu. Known to British and American mariners, it was claimed in 1856 by the United States along with Howland Island
..... Click the link for more information. are dependencies of the United States. The islands were uninhabited when discovered by American sailors in 1798, although a few show evidence of ancient Polynesian culture. The British government once conducted hydrogen bomb tests on Malden.

Line Islands

Chain of islands, central Pacific Ocean, south of the Hawaiian Islands. The Line Islands extend 1,600 mi (2,600 km) and have a land area of 193 sq mi (500 sq km). Of the northern group, Teraina (Washington) Island and the Tabuaeran (Fanning) and Kiritimati (Christmas) atolls belong to the Republic of Kiribati, while Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll, and Jarvis Island are U.S. territories. Kiribati also holds the central group (Malden and Starbuck islands) and the southern group (Vostok and Flint islands and Caroline Atoll).

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No references found	Ocean acidification from climate change can also eat away at the coral reefs, making it harder for them to recover," says Stanford oceanographer Rob Dunbar, who has done research in the Line Islands. First wave: the presidents of two island nations draft escape plans, ... by Russell, Cristine / Science News The areas, including Rose Atoll on American Samoa, the Line Islands in the Central Pacific, and portions of the northern Marianas, have long been U. Pacific preserves; Bush move shows conservation knows no party by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) In the central Pacific, they include the Line Islands, which extend nearly 2,000 miles and include Johnston Atoll; Howard, Baker and Jarvis Islands; Kingman Reef; Wake Island and Rose Atoll. Bush's deep blue legacy by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)	line drop line eater line editor Line Engraving line equalizer line etching line facility line fault line feed line fill line filter line filter balance line finder line flux line frequency line functions line gage line gale Line Geometry line graph line hydrophone line impedance line influence Line Integral line interlace Line Islands line item line lengthener line level line link line load line location line loop line loss line lubricator line map line matrix printer line microphone line misregistration line mixer line mode Line Multiplexing Line Navigation line noise line number line of action line of aim Line of Apsides line of balance line of code line of collimation	Line Hunting line hydrophone LINE II Line Immuno Assay Line Impact Dot Matrix line impedance Line Impedance Stabilization Network Line in Line in the Sand Line Independent Power Supply line influence Line Information Data Base Line Information DataBase Line integral Line Integral Convolution line integrals Line Interactive Line Interactive Ferro Topology Line Interface Line Interface Card Line Interface Module Line Interface Unit line interlace Line Is Not An Emulator Line Islands Line Isolation Monitor line item line item line item Line Item Accounting Line Item Construction Project Line Item Fill Rate Line Item Improvement Line Item Number Line Item Project Line Item Review Line Item Summary Line item veto Line Item Veto Act Line Jack Unit line judge line judge Line jumping line lengthener Line level Line Level Shifter 8 Line Lexington Mennonite Church line link Line Link Network Line Link Pulsing line load Line Load Control

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Ocean acidification from climate change can also eat away at the coral reefs, making it harder for them to recover," says Stanford oceanographer Rob Dunbar, who has done research in the Line Islands.

First wave: the presidents of two island nations draft escape plans, ... by Russell, Cristine / Science News

The areas, including Rose Atoll on American Samoa, the Line Islands in the Central Pacific, and portions of the northern Marianas, have long been U.

Pacific preserves; Bush move shows conservation knows no party by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)

In the central Pacific, they include the Line Islands, which extend nearly 2,000 miles and include Johnston Atoll; Howard, Baker and Jarvis Islands; Kingman Reef; Wake Island and Rose Atoll.

Bush's deep blue legacy by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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