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	Country Overview and Geographical Location : Kiribati National Tourism Office
		All of the islands are atolls (ring-shaped islands with central lagoons) except for the island of Banaba in the Gilbert Islands which is a raised limestone Island.
		Of the 33 islands of Kiribati, 21 are inhabited.
		The capital of Kiribati is Tarawa, an atoll in the Gilbert Islands.
	www.visit-kiribati.com /kiribati/cms/about (431 words)

	Bairiki Island
		6th landed on the island at 16:55 on November 20, 1943.
		USN fighters and dive bombers straffed and bombed the island preceeding the landing.
		On D+2, Marines established their artillery from the 2nd Battalion 10th was landed by boats on Bairiki to provide support for the fighting on Betio, and afterwards a field hospital for the wounded of the campaign.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/kiribati_bairiki.html (132 words)

	Tarawa — FactMonster.com
		The administrative center of the atoll is Bairiki island.
		Betio island, the chief commercial center of country, is a port of entry through which copra and pearl shell exported.
		Gilbert Islands - Gilbert Islands Gilbert Islands, group of 16 islands, central Pacific, one of the island groups...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0847850.html (225 words)

	Bairiki - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		The South Tarawa population center consists of all the small islets between Bairiki (on the west) to Temaiku/ Bonriki on the east.
		All of several once separate islets are joined by causeways, forming...
		The largest islet (South Tarawa) extends from Bonriki (southeast corner of the atoll) along the entire south side but Betio of the lagoon to Bairiki.
	encarta.msn.com /Bairiki.html (153 words)

	Kiribati Travel Tips
		In an effort to attract tourism, one of the islands was renamed Millennium Island and vied with the Chatham Islands for the honour of being the first to greet the first dawn of the new millennium.
		The 34 islands are all low lying atolls apart from the mine-scarred wasteland of Banaba, which at its highest point hits 87m (285ft).
		On southern islands, it is customary to call out from a distance for the male of the household before approaching the doorway or the buia.
	www.southtravels.com /pacific/kiribati/traveltips.html (5239 words)

	Kiribati
		The islands were named the Gilbert Islands in 1820 by a Russian admiral, Adam von Krusenstern, and French captain Louis Duperrey, after a British captain, Thomas Gilbert, who crossed the archipelago in 1788 ('Kiribati' is the islanders' pronunciation of plural 'Gilberts').
		In 1943, the Battle of Tarawa was fought at Kiribati's capital Bairiki on Tarawa atoll.
		That is why Kiritimati Island is known in English as Christmas Island (not to be confused with the Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, which is administered by Australia).
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/ki/Kiribati.htm (795 words)

	ODGW Support Forum: Bairiki Islet, Tarawa Campaign, WW2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Historically, the Bairiki Islet was part of the Tarawa campaign in World War II, which involved mostly infantry with a small amount of armor support.
		The island itself was roughly 4' to 5' in length and 18" to 24" wide.
		On one side of the island is open sea, the other side had a coral reef about 12" from the shore.
	www.odgw.com /discus/messages/410/413.html?1052157533 (710 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Bairiki
		Kiribati (formerly Gilbert Islands) Independent nation in the w Pacific Ocean, comprising about 33 islands, including the Gilbert, Phoenix, and Line Islands, and straddling the Equator over a vast area; the capital is Bairiki (on Tarawa).
		The three major island groups are the Gilbert, Phoenix, and Line islands (excluding the three Line Islands that are U.S. territories); Kiribati also includes Banaba Island, the former capital of the...
		Kiribati A country comprising a widely scattered archipelago of 33 islands in the Pacific Ocean, lying either side of the Equator and between longitudes 169° W and 147° E. Physical Many of the islands are mere coral atolls not more than 1 km (0.5 mile) across.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Bairiki (483 words)

	ipedia.com: Battle of Tarawa Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		However the nearest islands capable of supporting such an effort were the Marshall Islands, northwest of Guadalcanal.
		An airfield was cut into the bush along the high point of the island, and a long pier was constructed pointing north from the western end of the island, allowing cargo ships to be unloaded out past the reefs.
		The lagoon of the atoll lies to the north and east, with the entire northern coast of the island in the shallow waters of the atoll, and the southern and western sides in deeper waters.
	www.ipedia.com /battle_of_tarawa.html (2222 words)

	Outside The Net
		Kiribati is an island nation, and its people are of the sea, with fishing as the mainstay of their subsistence lifestyle.
		Only in Solomon Islands, where a single editor has been a vigorous champion of freedom of speech for the 18 years since he founded a newspaper, is there a real degree of press autonomy; but the national radio (there is no television) responds to all government directives.
		The narrow elongated island nature of the atoll means that there is simply not enough land to locate all ministries and services centrally and this accounts for the distance between major points.
	jcmc.indiana.edu /vol7/issue2/sofield.html (9421 words)

	MERRY CHRISTMAS ISLANDS
		Christmas Island was officially annexed (added or taken over) by Great Britain in 1888, and it became part of their Singapore colony in 1900 (even though Singapore is 7-800 miles north).
		An Island Administrator is appointed and represents the Australian government on the island.
		A partial list of those atolls and islands follows: the Gilberts (where 95% of the people live); Banaba Island; and the Line Islands (Christmas Island is part of this group, one of 11 that sprawl across the equator).
	www.workersforjesus.com /31-mci.htm (1296 words)

	Search Results for "Kiribati"
		Annexed by the British at the end of the 19th cent., the island was...
		The administrative center of the atoll is Bairiki island.
		Betio island, the chief commercial center of country,...
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/65search?query=Kiribati (253 words)

	Kiribati Travel Tips - Gilbert Islands
		Thus, the island resembles Aranuka in being between a reef island and a true atoll.
		Tarawa is not a single town but a group of islands surrounded by a coral atoll, and apart from the south where causeways link the islets, you'll need a boat to navigate around the main features.
		A large populous island in the Southern Gilberts, running north to south with the atoll on the east and a lagoon open to the sea on the west.
	www.southtravels.com /pacific/kiribati/traveltips/gilbertislands.html (2045 words)

	Bairiki avec fr.shopping.net
		Bairiki Islet is the most southern islet on the atoll of Tarawa.
		Betio island, the chief commercial center of country, is a port of entry...
		A database of photographs, desctriptions and locations of WWII wreckage remaining in Bairiki Island, Gilbert Islands.
	fr.shopping.net /bairiki.htm (71 words)

	Tarawa, Kiribati
		Tarawa is an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, previously the capital of the former British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands[?].
		Betio Island[?] is a port through which copra and pearl shell are exported.
		During World War II, Tarawa was occupied by the Japanese, and was the scene of a bloody battle.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ta/Tarawa.html (92 words)

	Sake-Drenched Postcards - The Guns of Betio
		Beaches were further protected with coils of barbed wire, mines, and barricades of steel protruding from concrete mounts set in shallow water on both the lagoon and ocean sides.
		A single airstrip was cut into the center of the island, which is so narrow at certain points that the distance from lagoon to ocean could likely be reached with a 5-iron for most stretches.
		The initial assault had not obliterated the island as was the intention.
	www.bigempire.com /sake/betio_war.html (1568 words)

	News Clock : Index
		Kiribati, formerly the Gilbert Islands, consists of three widely separated main groups of southwest Pacific islands: the Gilberts on the equator, the Phoenix Islands to the east, and the Line Islands farther east.
		Most of the islands of Kiribati are low-lying coral atolls built on a submerged volcanic chain and encircled by reefs.
		The islands were first sighted by British and American ships in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and the first British settlers arrived in 1837.
	www.newsclock.com /index.php?countryId=270 (1905 words)

	AllRefer.com - Tarawa (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Betio island, the chief commercial center of country, is a port of entry through which copra and pearl shell exported.
		During World War II the colony headquarters were moved there from Banaba (formerly Ocean Island).
		In the early 1990s the southern part of the capital, particularly Betio, had one of the highest population densities in the world, leading the government to resettle residents on less crowded islands.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Tarawa.html (235 words)

	Visitors Info
		The main islands have airstrips and are served from Tarawa, and passenger ferries go to many of the smaller islands.
		The island has facilities for game fishing and a hotel, and there are reportedly no ill effects from the British hydrogen bomb tests held there in the 50s and 60s.
		The island has been almost entirely destroyed by phosphate mining, which has left a weird landscape of stark coral pinnacles protruding from burning white rock, littered with rusted mining equipment.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /kiribati/about_destin/visitorsinfo.html (2204 words)

	South Pacific Tourism Organisation - Comprehensive listings for Accommodation In Kiribati (Full Listing) hotels, ...
		It also known as the Fishing Lodge, as it's guests are offered the best fishing experience on the island.
		""A local style, authentic island escape in the lush surroundings of the beautiful Pacific Ocean" The Pearl Shell is a privately owned resthouse in the village of Onomaru, Butaritari Island.
		Opened in early 1997, it is constructed out of local materials and sits at the lagoon edge, making it a perfect idyllic island getaway.
	www.png.spto.org /spto/export/sites/spto/destinations/kiribati/listings.shtml (852 words)

	Tarawa on the Web
		Tarawa Atoll, specifically Betio Island, was selected as the target of the main assault because it contained an airfield and the bulk of the Japanese defenses.
		According to naval historian Samuel Eliot Morison, the water around the island was rife with mines, barbed wire and barricades designed to divert landing craft into lanes that were heavily covered by artillery.
		Third Battalion, 2nd Marines on the western end of the island, supported by close naval gunfire and Sherman medium tanks (in their first combat deployment in the Pacific), succeeded in clearing all of Green Beach.
	www.tarawaontheweb.org /tarshort.htm (2375 words)

	Lonely Planet's Guide to Kiribati
		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.
		Tarawa is not a single town but a group of islands surrounded by a coral atoll, and apart from the south (linked by causeways), you'll need a boat to get around the main features.
	travel.aol.com /LonelyPlanet/australia_and_south_pacific/kiribati/attractions.html (468 words)

	Wavescan 492
		The commercial centre is on Betio; the government offices are on Bairiki; and the international airport is on Bonriki, all as part of the capital city Tarawa.
		The original settlers in Kiribati were the Austronesians, and in the 1400s the Samoans invaded the islands, followed by the Spanish, then the British, and then the Japanese.
		A large new mediumwave station was built on Bairiki Island in 1970 and a 10 kw mediumwave transmitter was installed, and this unit has been on the air ever since.
	www181.pair.com /otsw/Wavescan/wavescan492.html (765 words)

	Calendar Of Events 2006 : Kiribati National Tourism Office
		The celebration of this day is usually held in the capital South Tarawa at the Bairiki National Stadium by two major Christian denominations, Roman Catholics and Protestants.
		The main highlight of this occasion would be the sporting competitions, local dancing and singing competitions between youths from different districts and islands in Kiribati.
		This mark’s the day when the underground caves built to shelter the people of Butaritari Island (Northern island of Kiribati in the Gilbert Group) during WWII were opened after the war was ended.
	www.visit-kiribati.com /kiribati/cms/about/events.html (1184 words)

	Hotels, Resorts and Restaurants in Kiribati
		REST HOUSE: Outer Islands: Numerous rest houses can be found on the majority of other islands.
		Although they may not be of international standard, they do present an interesting opportunity to experience life on the outer island without modern conveniences.
		A local style, authentic island escape in the lush surroundings of the beautiful Pacific Ocean.
	www.kiritours.com /Resorts/Resorts.HTML (377 words)

	HyperWar: USMC Operations in WWII: Vol III--Central Pacific Drive [Chapter II-3]
		During the approach to the island, the 15 Japanese ashore opened fire with a pair of machine guns.
		Because the island had no terrain features big enough to mask preparations for a large-scale attack, ground was gained at Betio by small groups of Marines fighting from the cover of shell craters, ruined buildings, fallen coconut trees, or piles of debris.
		Often a unit was enabled to advance by the determination of two or three men who worked their way forward by fire and movement to a position from which they could hurl grenades into a bunker or deliver a sudden burst of fire into an enemy position.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/III/USMC-III-II-3.html (8563 words)

	Banaba Phosphate Picture Gallery
		Ocean Island, known by its Kiribati name of Banaba, is one of the many interesting islands in the Gilbert Group, Republic of Kiribati (Micronesia), as shown on the map below as well as being depicted as one of the seventeen rays of the sun on our Kiribati flag, also below.
		These are: the Gilbert Group which consists of seventeen islands including Banaba; the Phoenix Group (eight islands); and the Line Islands (eight islands).
		Pacific Islands Radio is very pleased to be able to advise that a collection of some of the most exciting and absorbing Gospel Music from the Pacific Islands is now being featured on Pacific Music Radio (FM mp3PRO Stereo), Pacific Islands Radio 33K (24 kbps) as well as Pacific Islands Radio 28K (16 kbps).
	www.janesoceania.com /oceania_phosphate/index.htm (1109 words)

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		The first step in a mighty amphibious offensive through Micronesia, the conquest of the Gilbert Islands was a major milestone on the watery road to Japan.
		The next day she sailed to Bairiki Island and landed her marines.
		Under cover of a fierce bombardment, the transport feigned two landings to divert enemy attention while the real landings were made at the northern end of the island.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/j1/j_franklin_bell.htm (1237 words)

	The Outrigger 3
		A five-man team of environmental consultants and an engineer from the Ministry of Defence visited the island late last year.
		Islanders will stand to gain immediately as the agreement specifies that they should be recruited to help with the work.
		The waters around the island are renowned for the varied species of fish available, and attract serious fishermen from around the world.
	www.pacificislandsuk.org /outrigger4.htm (325 words)

	Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa (Assault Preparations)
		The island was the most heavily defended atoll that ever would be invaded by Allied forces in the Pacific.
		In the face of the daunting Japanese defenses and the physical constraints of the island, Shoup proposed a landing plan which included a sustained preliminary bombardment, advance seizure of neighboring Bairiki Island as an artillery fire base, and a decoy landing.
		The target island was scheduled to receive the greatest concentration of naval gunfire of the war to date.
	www.nps.gov /archive/wapa/indepth/extContent/usmc/pcn-190-003120-00/sec3.htm (2798 words)

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