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Phoenix Islands. / 4.500°S 172.000°W / -4.500; -172.000. Canton Island (pop. 20) The Phoenix Islands, [1] or Rawaki, are a group of eight atolls and two submerged coral reefs that lie east of the Gilbert Islands and west of the Line Islands in the central Pacific Ocean, north of Samoa. They are part of the Republic of Kiribati.
- Enderbury Island
Enderbury Island, also known as Ederbury Island or Guano...
- McKean Island
McKean Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Phoenix...
- Orona
Orona atoll, also known as Hull Island, is one of the...
- Manra
Manra (previously: Sydney Island), is one of the Phoenix...
- Phoenix Islands Protected Area
The Phoenix Islands Protected Area ( PIPA) is located in the...
- Phoenix Island
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- Enderbury Island
0 m (0 ft) Time zone. UTC+08:00 ( China Standard) Postal code. 572100. Area code. (0)898. Phoenix Island ( simplified Chinese: 凤凰岛; traditional Chinese: 鳳凰島; pinyin: Fènghuáng Dǎo ), dubbed the Oriental Dubai, [1] [2] is an artificial archipelago consisting of two landmasses forming an island resort in Sanya, Hainan Province, China.
The Phoenix Islands Protected Area ( PIPA) is located in the Republic of Kiribati, an ocean nation in the central Pacific approximately midway between Australia and Hawaii. PIPA constitutes 11.34% of Kiribati's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and with a size of 408,250 km 2 (157,630 sq mi), it is one of the largest marine protected areas (MPA ...
Article History. Phoenix Islands, group of coral atolls, part of Kiribati, in the west-central Pacific Ocean, 1,650 miles (2,650 km) southwest of Hawaii. The group comprises Rawaki (Phoenix), Manra (Sydney), McKean, Nikumaroro (Gardner), Birnie, Orona (Hull), Kanton (Canton), and Enderbury atolls. They have a total land area of approximately 11 ...
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The Phoenix Islands, or Rawaki, are a group of eight atolls and two submerged coral reefs that lie east of the Gilbert Islands and west of the Line Islands in the central Pacific Ocean, north of Samoa. They are part of the Republic of Kiribati. Their combined land area is 28 square kilometres (11 sq mi). The only island of any commercial importance is Canton Island. The other islands are ...
The Phoenix Island Protected Area (PIPA) is a 408,250 sq.km expanse of marine and terrestrial habitats in the Southern Pacific Ocean. The property encompasses the Phoenix Island Group, one of three island groups in Kiribati, and is the largest designated Marine Protected Area in the world. PIPA conserves one of the world's largest intact ...
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Nov 15, 2010 · The Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) is a massive mid-ocean wilderness in the remote Pacific about halfway between Hawaii and Fiji. The California-size (157,626-square-mile, or 408,250-square ...
