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Chapters: Aeon Point, Bay of Wrecks, Nakaa Beach, Vaskess Bay. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 19. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: This article describes the geography of the Republic of Kiribati. Kiribati consists of 32 atolls and one island scattered over all four hemispheres in an expanse of ocean equivalent in size to the continental United States. The islands lie roughly halfway between Hawaii and Australia in the Micronesian region of the South Pacific. The three main island groupings are the Gilbert Islands, Phoenix Islands, and Line Islands. On 1 January 1995 Kiribati moved the International Date Line to include its easternmost islands and make it the same day throughout the country. Kiribati includes Kiritimati (Christmas Atoll; in the Line Islands), the largest coral atoll (in terms of land area, not dimensions) in the world, and Banaba (Ocean Island), one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific. Most of the land on these islands is less than two metres above sea level. A 1989 United Nations report identified Kiribati as one of the countries that could completely disappear in the 21st century if steps are not taken to address global climate change. Owing to a population growth rate of more than 2% and the overcrowding around the capital of South Tarawa, a program of migration was begun in 1989 to move nearly 5,000 inhabitants to outlying atolls, mainly in the Line Islands. A program of resettlement to the mostly uninhibited Phoenix Islands was begun in 1995. Kiribati's Gilbert IslandsLocationOceania, group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia; note - on 1 January 1995, Kiribati unilaterally moved the International Date Line from the middle of the country to include its easternmost isl...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=16676 ... Read more

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Webster's bibliographic and event-based timelines are comprehensive in scope, covering virtually all topics, geographic locations and people. They do so from a linguistic point of view, and in the case of this book, the focus is on "Kiribati," including when used in literature (e.g. all authors that might have Kiribati in their name). As such, this book represents the largest compilation of timeline events associated with Kiribati when it is used in proper noun form. Webster's timelines cover bibliographic citations, patented inventions, as well as non-conventional and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (possessive, institutional usage, geographic usage) and contexts, including pop culture, the arts, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in a comprehensive set of entries for a bibliographic and/or event-based timeline on the proper name Kiribati, since editorial decisions to include or exclude events is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. ... Read more

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Butaritari (previously known as Makin, Pitt Island,Taritari Island, or Touching Island) is an atoll located inthe Pacific Ocean island nation of Kiribati. ... Read more

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Les Kiribati, en forme longue République des Kiribati,anciennement connues sous le nom d'îles Gilbert, sont unÉtat insulaire d'Océanie composé de trois archipels del'océan Pacifique : les îles Gilbert, les îles Phœnix etles îles de la Ligne auxquels il faut rajouter l'île isoléede Banaba. Les Kiribati se trouvent à cheval sur l'équateuret la ligne de changement de date, à la fois en Polynésieet en Micronésie, au sud des îles Marshall et de Hawaii etau nord des Tuvalu, des Samoa, des îles Cook et de laPolynésie française. Les Kiribati sont constituées partrois archipels principaux, comprenant en tout 32 atolls etune « île haute », située un peu à l'écart. Si l'étroitessedes terres émergées en font l'un des plus petits pays dumonde (moins de 811 km²), leur dispersion permet auxKiribati de revendiquer une zone maritime de 3550000 km2. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tuvalu formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Samoa and Fiji. It comprises four reef islands and five true atolls. Its population of 11,992 makes it the third-least-populated sovereign state in the world, with only Vatican City and Nauru having fewer inhabitants. In terms of physical land size, at just 26 square kilometres (10 sq mi) Tuvalu is the fourth smallest country in the world, larger only than the Vatican City at 0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi), Monaco at 1.95 km2 (0.75 sq mi) and Nauru at 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi). ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific. Its nearest neighbor is Banaba Island in Kiribati, 300 km to the east. Nauru is the world's smallest island nation, covering just 21 square kilometres (8.1 square miles). Settled by Micronesian and Polynesian people, Nauru was annexed and claimed as a colony by the German Empire in the late 19th century. After World War I, Nauru became a League of Nations mandate administered by Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. During World War II, Nauru was occupied by Japanese troops who were bypassed by the Allied advance across the Pacific, and after the war ended, it entered into trusteeship again. Nauru was declared independent in 1968. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ubanteman is a settlement in Kiribati. It is located on an atoll; to its north is Takarano, and to its east Tebunginako. Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. It is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed over 3,500,000 square kilometres, (1,351,000 square miles) straddling the equator, and bordering the International Date Line to the east. The name Kiribati is the local pronunciation of "Gilberts", derived from the main island chain, the Gilbert Islands. Kiribati became independent from the United Kingdom in 1979. ... Read more

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Title: Climate change-induced migration in the Pacific region: sudden crisis and long-term developments.(Report)
Author: Justin T. Locke
Publication: The Geographical Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2009
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Volume: 175Issue: 3Page: 171(10)

Article Type: Report

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