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Kiritimati (pronounced [kiˈrɪsmæs], also known as Christmas Island) is a Pacific Ocean atoll in the northern Line Islands. It is part of the Republic of Kiribati . The name is derived from the English word "Christmas" written in Gilbertese according to its phonology , in which the combination ti is pronounced s .
- Becky Alexis-Martin
- Atomic atolls. Teeua Tetua was just three when she was blindfolded with a rough cloth by her mother. They then braced themselves for the Grapple Y explosion.
- Island life disrupted. I went on to speak to a further 14 Kiritimati islanders to learn about their lives and experiences of nuclear weapon testing. All of the islanders that I spoke to who recalled the tests also remember being frightened and uncomfortable.
- Military life. Many of the British servicemen who worked on the operation – and their families – were also left scarred for life, in some way, by their experience on the island.
- Understanding exposure. The general public first became aware of the health effects of ionising radiation after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, which killed 225,000 people.
January 16, 2002 JPEG. Pronounced “Ki-ris-mas,” Kiritimati Island has a large infilled lagoon that gives it the largest land area (125 square miles, 321 square km) of any atoll in the world. Captain Cook named the atoll Christmas Island when he arrived on Christmas Eve in 1777. Used for nuclear testing in the 1950s and 1960s, the island is ...
Mar 24, 2002 · Astronaut Photography. Pronounced “Ki-ris-mas,” Kiritimati Island has a large in-filled lagoon that gives it the largest land area (125 square miles, 321 square kilometers) of any atoll in the world. Captain Cook named the atoll Christmas Island when he arrived on Christmas Eve in 1777.
Kiritimati, or Christmas Island, is a raised coral island in the Pacific Ocean and is part of the Republic of Kiribati. It actually has the biggest land area of any coral island in the world at approximately 150 square miles. The atoll's lagoon, or central area, is about the same size.
Satellite view and map of Kiritimati (pronounced "Ki-ris-mas"), the largest atoll in the world. The island was formerly known (until 1981) as Christmas Island. Kiritimati is one of the Line Islands, a chain of atolls and coral islands on both sides of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, 2,000 km (1,250 mi) south of Hawaii .
Independent Premium The Longer Read. The devastating atomic history of Christmas Island. The British nuclear weapon tests on Kiritimati Island had profound and lasting cultural consequences for...
