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	Abemama - Republic of Kiribati
		Abemama is an island in the central part of the Kiribati Group.
		Abemama is well known as the island where the Declaration of a British Protectorate was made by Captain Davis of 'Royalist'on 27th May 1892.
		On Abemama - Kuria - Aranuka one chief was recognised as paramount.
	www.janeresture.com /abemama (991 words)

	Abemama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abemama is an atoll in the central part of the Kiribati (Gilberts) Group located 95 miles southeast of Tarawa and just north of the Equator.
		An airstrip is located on the north end of Abemama near the village of Tabiang.
		Abemama is known as the island where the Declaration of a British Protectorate was made by Captain Davis of Royalist on 27 May 1892.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abemama (212 words)

	Kiribati Travel Tips - Gilbert Islands
		Robert Louis Stevenson dropped by Abemama in 1889 and his wife designed a silly flag for the island (including a shark wearing a crown), which understandably was never used.
		The British placed the Kingdom of Abemama under their protection in 1892, and Abemamans were lucky enough to have their island declared a Crown Colony in 1911.
		Abemama is about 80km (50mi) south-west of Tarawa, and you can get there by air or boat from Tarawa.
	www.southtravels.com /pacific/kiribati/traveltips/gilbertislands.html (2045 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Track the Voyage - Kiribati
		Last night we anchored just outside the lagoon of Abemama, a beautiful pacific atoll in order to complete some minor maintenance work.
		Abemama is probably about as remote a place as one can get.
		Abemama is a chance to experience I-Kiribati culture as it was 200, 500 even 1000 years ago.
	www.pbs.org /odyssey/odyssey/20010119_log_transcript.html (619 words)

	Agroforestry in the Pacific islands: systems for sustainability
		The ability to withstand prolonged drought depends on the nature of soils, the degree of salinity of groundwater, the nature of tides during droughts, and the sporadic occurrence of fire during drought periods.
		Watters and Banibati (1977, 35) suggested that the density of coconut palms on rural Abemama was 321 palms per ha, with densities of bearing palms being 151.8 (given a figure of 47.3 per cent bearing palms).
		On Abemama, for example, Watters and Banibati (1977,37) found, in a survey of 16 households, that whereas the mean number of pits in use was only 4.2, the mean number of empty pits per household was 23.4, with only 7.7 still containing the water necessary to produce te babai.
	www.unu.edu /unupress/unupbooks/80824e/80824E0g.htm (4530 words)

	Marshall Islands -- Jaluit Atoll -- Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces in operations against and from the ...
		B-25s from Tarawa Atoll hit Wotje and Maloelap Atolls; 9 B-24s from Abemama Island, sent to bomb a weather and radio station on Rongelap Island, abort due to a fuel leak in the lead B-24; an attempt to bomb Jaluit Atoll during the return flight is unsuccessful.
		B-25s from Tarawa Atoll and Abemama Island attack Wotje and Jaluit Atolls; P-40s from Makin Island bomb and strafe targets on Mille Atoll.
		B-25s from Abemama Island and Tarawa Atoll bomb Mille and Jaluit Atolls.
	marshall.csu.edu.au /Marshalls/html/atolls/AAF_Jaluit.html (2946 words)

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	hiddenpod.xoompages.com /podiatric/richelle.html (754 words)

	Kiribati - Binoka Of Abemama
		Later he said he had read from Stevenson's face and eyes that he was having to do with a good and loyal man. Stevenson's description of the king is of a Binoka somewhat sobered, rising fifty and in fact with only two more years to live.
		This was a terrible humiliation for the King of Abemama, who nevertheless kept his power and later had a 17-shot gun which was regarded with awe throughout his kingdom.
		Brother Conrad had such a vivid memory of Abemama that he still shivered at the thought of it fifty years later.
	www.janeresture.com /kiriwars/main7.htm (3019 words)

	Marshall Islands -- Enewetak Atoll -- Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces in operations against and from the ...
		B-25s from Abemama Island and Tarawa Atoll pound Jaluit, Mille and Maloelap Atolls; a single B-24 from Kwajalein Atoll, en route to Enewetak Atoll, bombs Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands; and B-24s, flying a night mission from Kwajalein, bomb targets at Truk Atoll.
		B-25s from Abemama Island bomb Jaluit Atoll, rearm at Majuro Atoll, and hit Maloelap Atoll during the return flight.
		Abemama Island-based B-25s, using Majuro Atoll as a shuttle base, bomb Jaluit and Maloelap Atolls.
	marshall.csu.edu.au /Marshalls/html/atolls/AAF_Enewetak.html (2422 words)

	War In The Pacific
		From Abemama the three Sisters with their superior left for Maiana where two more Sisters awaited them but by this time it was too late - all hope of escape was gone.
		The Sisters at Maiana and Abemama remained on their stations for the duration of the war as well as the Sisters at Abaiang.
		Further south near the Equator, on the island of Abemama, the Catholic Mission had a training school for Gilbertese teachers who, during the period of three years of training, lived on this island with their wives and families.
	www.angelfire.com /ar/janer/egan11.html (6264 words)

	Gilbert Islands - Abemama
		Abemama, located 25 km northeast from Aranuka and 43 km northeast from Kuria (both visible at bottom left of the above image), is a small atoll of the North Gilbert Islands.
		Two major passages — the Western and Southern Passages — connect the lagoon with the open sea.
		The islets of Abemama have a combined area of around 28 km².
	www.oceandots.com /pacific/gilbert/abemama.htm (90 words)

	USS North Carolina (BB-55) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was at Pearl Harbor in March and April 1943 to receive advanced fire control and radar gear, and again in September, to prepare for the Gilbert Islands operation.
		With Enterprise, in the Northern Covering Group, North Carolina sortied from Pearl Harbor 10 November for the assault on Makin, Tarawa, and Abemama.
		Air strikes began 19 November, and for 10 days mighty air blows were struck to aid marines ashore engaged in some of the bloodiest fighting of the Pacific War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_North_Carolina_(BB-55) (2237 words)

	Te taetae ni Kiribati - Kiribati Language Lessons - 4
		Boni kaain Abemama ngai ma I mm'akuri i Tarawa.
		Au mm'akuri bon te tia reirei ma N na nako ni motirawa irouia au karo i Abemama.
		E eng, boni kaain Abemama ngai ma I bungiaki i Tarawa.
	www.trussel.com /kir/less04.htm (548 words)

	AbemamaIsland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		One of the first Europeans to arrive on Abemama, was Brit Robert Louis Stevenson, in 1889.
		Only three years later the Kingdom of Abemama was placed under British 'protection' and in 1911 Abemama became a British Crown Colony.
		After WWII, Abemama nearly became Kiribati's capital, but in the end Tarawa was preferred because of easier access through its surrounding reef.
	gheos.com /i/atlas/place.php?AbemamaIsland (60 words)

	Kiribati Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Abemama, which still has a 'royal family', nearly became the Gilbert Islands' post-war capital, but Tarawa finally won out because of the easier access through its surrounding reef.
		War relics are still scattered over the island, and several villages are well worth visiting.
		The British placed the Kingdom of Abemama under their protection in 1892, and it was declared a Crown Colony in 1911.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/pacific/kiribati?poi=93893 (175 words)

	USAAF APRIL 1944
		PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Seventh Air Force): B-25s from Abemama Island, Gilbert Islands, strike Ponape Island, Caroline Islands; B-24s from Makin Island, Gilbert Islands and Kwajalein Atoll hit Truk Atoll, Caroline Islands; and B-25s from Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands bomb Maloelap and Jaluit Atolls, Marshall Islands.
		The operational vehicle is to be the 58th Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy) (4 bombardment groups) of the XX Bomber Command, soon to be assigned to the newly activated Twentieth Air Force, operating under General of the Army Henry H "Hap" Arnold as executive agent for the JCS.
		Abemama Island-based B-25s, using Majuro as a shuttle base, bomb Jaluit and Maloelap Atolls.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /60th/today/1944/4-44.html (7408 words)

	Moonrise and set Times and Lunar Data for Abemama Atoll, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati in Pacific Islands
		Moonrise and set Times and Lunar Data for Abemama Atoll, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati in Pacific Islands
		Abemama Atoll, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
		The moon will be 17 days into the current cycle.It will be 361919 km from earth and in the Waning gibbous phase.
	www.thelunartimes.com /Pacific_Islands/Abemama_Atoll,_Gilbert_Islands,_Kiribati_.aspx (1077 words)

	Kiribati encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Kiribati politics and officials, Kiribati History. Travel to ...
		One of the first recorded discoveries of the islands by Europeans dates back to 1765 when Commander John Byron in the ship Dolphin discovered the island of Nikunau.
		In 1788 Captain Thomas Gilbert in the Charlotte and Captain John Marshall in the Scarborough crossed through Abemama, Kuria, Aranuka, Tarawa, Abaiang, Butaritari, and Makin (without stopping).
		In the years that followed, many ships ran across the little islands and atolls of the Gilberts in the course of their travels in the central Pacific.
	www.kiribatiiworld.com /wiki-Gilbert_Islands (877 words)

	Abemama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		At that time Abemama, together with the two neighbour atolls, was one of the last absolute monarchy in that area, and the king, Tem Binoka demanded respect and tidiness.
		The monarchy of Abemama was over a long time ago, but they still have their royal family, but the royal palace which Stevenson described, is gone.
		In the five days we plan to stay, we want to get in touch with people, not only the royal family, but normal people in order to see how they live.
	www.havaiki.no /abemama_e.htm (167 words)

	Pacific Coastwatches - Archived Alan McCarthy
		The men who went to Abemama and Kuria were sent to Tarawa first and then transferred on another boat to be taken to these islands, with radio equipment, food, and other essentials that they would need.
		At Abemama Sister Dolores, Sister Gregory (Australian), Sister Juliane (French) thought they were going to be the next island to be taken but nothing happened for nine months, they would see ships out to sea but they never stopped.
		An islander in a canoe left Abemama to go to Kuria where H.R. Hearn, R. Jones, R.A. Ellis were, to let them know that Abemama had fallen, and there were Japanese ships in the lagoon.
	www.banaban.info /alanstry1.htm (4081 words)

	Gilbert Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		(Makin), Little Makin, Marakei, Abaiang, Maiana, Abemama, Kuria, and Aranuka in the north; Nonouti and Tabiteuea in the central region; and Beru, Nikunau, Onotoa, Tamana, and Arorae in the south.
		The British made the islands a protectorate in 1892 and a colony in 1915–16.
		Tarawa, Butaritari, Abaiang, Marakei, and Abemama were occupied by the Japanese in 1941 and liberated by U.S. forces in 1943.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /kiribati/about_destin/gilbertislands.html (220 words)

	TIME.com: To New Lines -- Nov. 29, 1943 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		On Tarawa, Makin and Abemama, tiny pin points of coral and sand, Admiral Spruance's Marines and soldiers fought Japs for whom there was no line of retreat.
		Abemama, a number of small islands around a lagoon, could be developed into an emergency fighter airdrome.
		Reports from Honolulu suggested that fighting on the 12-by-5-mile atoll, 80 miles southeast of Tarawa, was light.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,791129,00.html (570 words)

	Kiribati Bibliography: Semantic Index
		Baiteke and Binoka of Abemama: Arbiters of change in the Gilbert Islands.
		Abemama Island Report (Economic and social response in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands).
		The Family and the Church (KIPC) in the Islands of Abemama and Maiana in the Central Republic of Kir ibati.
	www.trussel.com /kir/s_abemam.htm (226 words)

	Rutilicus
		Following a short shakedown cruise along the coast, Rutilicus took on a load of general cargo at Port Hueneme, Calif., and steamed in convoy for Hawaii arriving at Pearl Harbor on 21 November.
		Departing the Hawaiian Islands on 4 December, she continued on to the Gilbert Islands, delivering cargo at both Tarawa and Abemama before returning to Pearl Harbor on 12 January 1944.
		She then touched at Makin, Tarawa, Abemama, and Makin again, before returning to Pearl Harbor on 20 May.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/r10/rutilicus.htm (598 words)

	flag of Kingdom of Abemama (Kiribati) flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		flag of Kingdom of Abemama (Kiribati) flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de
		The British compeled Binoko to evacuate the island, and then one of the four star was suppressed.
		In 1889 Fanny Stevenson, the wife of Robert Louis Stevenson, designed a new flag and royal banner: The Kingdom of Abemama was under British Protection after 1892, and was declared crown colony in 1911.
	www.nationalflaggen.de /flags-of-the-world/flags/ki-abema.html (191 words)

	PAGE6 TESTBED
		This page covers what we are doing with Abemama throughout the year.
		It comprises the sort of material which we used to post on the PBO website, before a change of publisher's policy gave it the chop.
		Also, we know a couple of stretches where the level is often well down because a 3 chamber lock is being well used, but only being fed by a single chamber unit...
	www.colvicwatson.co.uk /page6.htm (6037 words)

	Peace Corps Kids World -- Food, Fun and Friends - Food in Kiribati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The site she worked at was Tebontebike Village, Abemama Atoll (approximately 20 miles long and 1/2 mile wide), located in the middle of Abemama.
		The people of Abemama, the atoll which I lived on in Kiribati, typically relied on rice and toddy as a staple meal.
		Often when the fishing was bad and the cargo ship had not been seen, this meal would be served three times a day.
	www.peacecorps.gov /kids/like/kiri-food.html (156 words)

	Excite España - Viajes - Australia Y Pacifico Sur - Kiribati - Alojamiento
		There are few hotels in Kiribati, the major ones being on Tarawa, Christmas Island and Abemama.
		Inexpensive rest houses can be found on all the other islands - for example, Abemama, Captain Cook, Christmas Island, Otintai, Robert Louis Stevenson and Tarawa.
		However, cooking facilities are limited and visitors should take what they need with them.
	www.excite.es /viajes/guias/australia_y_pacifico_sur/kiribati/Alojamiento (277 words)

	Chapter 13-23
		It was about the same time that our forces were in the process of securing the Gilberts, that the Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean area and his staff at Pearl Harbor were anxious to see what the Japanese had on Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands.
		Commander Robert J., Stroh was the senior officer pilot in the lead PB4Y-1P Liberator, and LT. Allen was the senior pilot in the second PB4Y-1P Liberator photographic-reconnaissance airplane flying from the air field on Abemama to their target assignment of the Kwajalein atoll.
		After the Abemama Island in the Gilbert Island group had been secured by our Pacific fleet task forces, Fleet Air Photographic-Reconnaissance VD-Three Squadron moved to Abemama where a temporary photo lab was built while still for a short time they maintained the photo lab set-up on Kanton.
	www.navyphoto.org /Carol/chap13-23.html (2967 words)

	ABEMAMA
		Tem BAITEKE, 2nd Uea of Abemama, united Kuria, Aranuka and Abemama, had issue.
		Tem BINOKA, 3rd Uea of Abemama, married 40 wives and 20 concubines, died sp 10th November 1891.
		"The Dynasty of Abemama" by R.G. Roberts in the Journal of the Polynesian Society, 62(B), Sept 1953, pp267-277
	www.uq.net.au /~zzhsoszy/states/oceania/abemama.html (115 words)

	Lonely Planet's Guide to Kiribati
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		Robert Louis Stevenson dropped by Abemama in 1889 and his wife designed a silly flag for the island (a shark wearing a crown), which understandably was never used.
		The British placed the Kingdom of Abemama under their protection in 1892 and the island was declared a Crown Colony in 1911.
	webcenter.travel.aol.com /travel/lonely_planet/australia_and_south_pacific/kiribati/attractions.html (468 words)

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