Line Islands

Related to Line Islands: Kiritimati, Fanning Island, Christmas Atoll, Kiritimati Atoll

Line Islands

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 KiribatiKiribati
, officially Republic of Kiribati (2015 est. pop. 112,000), 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. : TerainaTeraina
, 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 Gilbert and
..... Click the link for more information. , TabuaeranTabuaeran
, 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 of the
..... Click the link for more information. , KiritimatiKiritimati
, 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. It was previously called Christmas Island when it made up part of the former British colony of the Gilbert and
..... Click the link for more information. (formerly Washington, Fanning, and Christmas Islands), Malden, Starbuck, Caroline, Vostok, and Flint. Kingman ReefKingman 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. , PalmyraPalmyra,
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 was annexed
..... Click the link for more information. , and Jarvis IslandJarvis 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 and Baker
..... 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.

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The first record of Hermatobates from the Marshall Islands (Heteroptera: Hermatobatidae) clarifies the geographic range of H. palmyra

Figure 8 from Kiritimati in the Line Islands, however, is an exception in lacking the narrow dark stripes ventrally on the body and in having numerous white spots (as well as bright yellow pectoral fins).

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Although the Line Islands are about 2,000 miles east of the Gilbert Islands, most inhabitants of the Line Islands are also Gilbertese.

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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.

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The 16-day "Exploring the Polynesian Paradises of the Pacific" departs September 4 and visits the Hawaiian Islands, the remote Line Islands, and the scenic Society Islands.

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The nearest other reefs are Midway Atoll (about 460 nautical miles, nm, north), Oahu, Hawaii (about 717 nm northeast), and Palmyra Atoll, Line Islands (about 780 nm south by southeast).

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Emily will be talking about her most recent voyage, Sailing the Line, which took her to the Line Islands of Kiribati, located in one of the most remote parts of the Pacific Ocean.

Getting out there

"We're leaving San Francisco for Sydney, will sail down the coast to San Diego and Baja, then catch the currents and trade winds that take us across toward the Equator, toward the Line Islands," said Rothschild.

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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, anticipating sea level rise

Based on Bush's environmental track record, there's reason to hope he will take his wife's advice and protect 900,000 square miles around the Mariana Islands and around a series of U.S.-controlled territories extending from the Rose Atoll in American Samoa to the Line Islands.