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	Pacific Ocean - Line Islands
		The Line Islands comprise a lengthy and loose group of low-lying, extremely remote, coral islands, atolls and reefs straddling the equator in the central Pacific Ocean.
		The group forms one of the remotest island chains on Earth: the Rawaki Islands (also forming part of the nation of Kiribati) lie 1,800 km to the west, the Hawaiian Islands lie 1,600 km to the north and the Marquesas, Tuamotu Archipelago and Society Islands to the southeast and south.
		The atoll of Penrhyn in the northern Cook Islands is the Line Islands nearest Central Polynesian neighbour, lying 610 km to the northwest of Vostok.
	www.oceandots.com /pacific/line (508 words)

	Line Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Line Islands are a group of mostly atolls in the central Pacific Ocean, south of the Hawaiian Islands.
		The Line Islands form the time zone with the earliest time in the world: UTC + 14.
		The islands were annexed by Britain in 1888 with a view to laying the Pacific cable with Tabuaeran (then Fanning Island) as a relay station.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Line_Islands (292 words)

	Christmas Island, Line Islands
		The taller growth is in the western third of the island; grassland and low shrubs in the middle portion; and the eastern end is largely bare.
		The island was examined for guano prior to 1857 by Captain John Stetson, of New Haven, Conn. It was taken possession of by Captain J.L. Pendleton of the ship John Marshall, on behalf of A.G. Benson and associates, under deed from Stetson dated May 11, 1857.
		As soon as the lines were made fast they began the transfer of passengers to shore, after which they threw overboard a quantity of the cut timber from the hold and floated this ashore to build temporary accommodation.
	www.janeresture.com /kiribati_line/christmas_island.htm (4992 words)

	Line Islands - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Line Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Group of coral islands in the Pacific Ocean; population (1995 est) 5,400.
		Eight of the islands belong to Kiribati, and three (Palmyra, Jarvis, and Kingman Reef) are uninhabited dependencies of the USA.
		Coconut plantations provide the means of livelihood in the North Line Islands, but the South Line Islands, where guano was once the main product, are now uninhabited.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Line%20Islands (136 words)

	Caroline Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Not to be confused with Caroline Island, part of Kiribati (Southern Line Islands), also in the central Pacific Ocean.
		The Caroline Islands form a large archipelago of widely scattered islands in the western Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Guinea.
		Japan occupied the islands in 1914 and received a League of Nations mandate over them in 1920, but after World War II the islands became trust territories of the United States, eventually gaining independence (1986 / 1994).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caroline_Islands (446 words)

	Encyclopedia: Line Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Starbuck Island, also known as Volunteer Island, is an uninhabited coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Southern Line Islands belonging to Kiribati.
		Flint Island is an uninhabited coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Southern Line Islands belonging to Kiribati.
		Vostok Island, also known as Staver Island is an unhabited coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Line Islands belonging to Kiribati.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Line-Islands (793 words)

	:: LINE ISLANDS EXPEDITION: CORAL HEALTH IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC ::
		The Line Islands were once valuable for their guano deposits, but the islands now have coconut groves, airfields, and meteorological stations.
		The northern part of the Line Island chain, where the Scripps Oceanography expedition is occurring, is comprised of more remote and less inhabited land formations.
		The Line Islands are remote and far from bustling cities and active airports.
	sio.ucsd.edu /lineislands/history.cfm (746 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Line Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Line Islands, group of coral islands and atolls, central Pacific Ocean, extending some 2,400 km (1,500 mi) in a north-western to south-eastern...
		The Caribbean region comprises three main island chains that extend in a roughly crescent shape from the eastern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula in...
		The landscape of Rhode Island can be divided into two major regions: the Seaboard Lowland, which includes the Atlantic coast area and the...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Line_Islands.html (94 words)

	Noonsite: Palmyra, Line Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		As the pass into the lagoon is not easy to identify he has cut a large notch into the palm trees on shore, and this conspicuous V must be brought in line with a white beacon located inside the lagoon, some 100 yards from the shore.
		The island was recently purchased by a charitable foundation who intends to turn it into a fully fledged nature reserve.
		The nature conservancy which owns the island now maintains control of the main lagoon with caretakers in residence.
	www.noonsite.com /Members/webmaster/R2001-01-29-1 (369 words)

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		Gilbert and Ellice Islands Gilbert and Ellice Islands, former British colony in the central and S Pacific.
		The island was first visited by the British in 1804, was annexed in 1900, and from 1907 was the administrative capital of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands until World War II...
		Tuvalu -> History Capt. John Byron visited the islands in 1764 and they were administered by Britain as part of a protectorate (1892-1916) and as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony (1916-74).
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=%22Ellice+Islands%22 (452 words)

	AllRefer.com - Line Islands (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Of the 11 islands in the group, 8 comprise part of the Republic of Kiribati: Teraina, Tabuaeran, Kiritimati (formerly Washington, Fanning, and Christmas Islands), Malden, Starbuck, Caroline, Vostok, and Flint.
		Kingman Reef, Palmyra, and Jarvis Island are dependencies of the United States.
		The islands were uninhabited when discovered by American sailors in 1798, although a few show evidence of ancient Polynesian culture.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/LineIsls.html (219 words)

	Line Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Line Islands form the time zone with the latest time in the UTC + 14.
		The Northern Line Islands lie between the and 6°N and about 160°W. A few to the United States but most are now part of Republic of Kiribati.
		The islands were annexed by Britain in 1888 with a view to laying the cable with Tabuaeran (then Fanning Island) as relay station.
	www.freeglossary.com /Line_Islands (471 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Banaba (Ocean Island), about 450 km to the west of the main Gilbert Group, is a raised coral island, 6.5 sq.km in area and with a maximum elevation of 87 m.
		The first major economic use of the islands was as a source of phosphate in the second half of the 19th century, when most of the Central Pacific islands were bonded and exploited under the American Guano Act of 1856.
		The isolated stands of mangroves in the Gilbert Islands and the distinctive saline and brackish lagoons in the Line and Phoenix Islands are of conservation interest, as are the freshwater habitats of Teraina (Washington).
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wetlands/kir_int.htm (3061 words)

	Kiribati - Gilbert Islands - Micronesia -
		Formerly part of the British Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, the Ellice Islands became the independent nation of Tuvalu in 1978, the Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati.
		Premier institution of tertiary education in the Pacific region, jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries, USP is an international centre of excellence for teaching, research and consulting on all aspects of Pacific life.
		History of the cold-blooded exploitation of Banaba island's rich deposits of phosphate of lime until 1979 and the consequences for the inhabitants of Banaba (Ocean Islands).
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/kiribati.htm (672 words)

	Line Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Northern Line Islands lie between the equator and 6°N, and about 160°W. A few belong to the United States, but most are now part of the Republic ofKiribati.
		Kiritimati is probably the largest atoll in the Pacific (it is about 90 miles in circuit and has the greatest land area of anyatoll in the world), and was discovered by Captain Cook in 1777.
		The islands were annexed by Britain in 1888 with a view to laying the Pacific cable with Tabuaeran (then Fanning Island) as a relaystation.
	www.therfcc.org /line-islands-58588.html (248 words)

	FANNING ISLANDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Republic of Kiribati consists mainly of the Gilbert Islands, a group of 16 low coral islands or atolls in the Central Pacific-between 173 degrees and 170 degrees east longitude and 4 degrees north and 3 degrees south latitude.
		From north to south, a distance of nearly 800 km., the islands are Makin, Butaritari, Marakei, Abaiang, Tarawa, Maiana, Abemama, Kuria, Aranuka, Nonouti, Tabiteuea, Bern, Nikunau, Onotoa, Tamana and Arorae.
		The islands to the north are in certain ways culturally different from those to the south.
	www.vvm.com /~jmlamb/fanning.htm (295 words)

	Phoenix Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Phoenix Islands are a sparsely populated chain of atolls in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Gilbert Islands and west of the Line Islands.
		During the late 1930s they were the site of the last attempted colonial expansion of the British Empire (the Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme).
		The group is a possession of Kiribati and is officially uninhabited except for a few families on Kanton.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Phoenix_Islands (102 words)

	Cruise Line Private Islands - Info, Facts, Activites on CruiseCheap.com
		Almost all of these islands are located in the Bahamas and are everything you could possibly want for a full day of fun in the sun —crystal clear waters, sugar-white beaches, great water sports, tropical drinks, beachside service, and plenty of hammocks nestled among palm trees.
		These islands are owned by the cruise lines and are for the exclusive use of their guests for the day.
		Each day, before a ship arrives, the island crew prepares the island by making sure the beach is raked, beach chairs and umbrellas are in position, and the floating mats are ready for their guests for the day.
	www.cruisecheap.com /private_islands.asp (812 words)

	Line Islands - Wikipedia
		Die Line Islands sind die Nordgruppe der Zentralpolynesischen Sporaden, 516 km², etwa 9 000 Einwohner.
		Die Inseln gliedern sich in die nördlichen und die südlichen Line Islands.
		Die nördlichen Line Islands sind Weihnachtsinsel (Kiritimati) (607 km², 83 km Küstenlinie, 5300 Ew.); Fanning Island (Tabuaeran) (1 800 Ew., 40 km²) und Washington Island (Teraina) (16 km², 2000 Ew.).
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Line_Islands (122 words)

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		Annexed by the British at the end of the 19th cent., the island was also claimed by American guano companies.
		Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth of Nations, voluntary association of Great Britain and its dependencies, certain former British dependencies that are now sovereign states and their dependencies, and the associated states (states with full internal government but whose external relations are governed by Britain).
		Gilbert Islands Gilbert Islands, group of 16 islands, central Pacific, one of the island groups that form the Republic of Kiribati.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=%22Kiribati%22 (532 words)

	Phoenix Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Phoenix Islands are a sparsely populated island chain in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Gilbert Islands andwest of the Line Islands.
		The Phoenix Islands are a possession of Kiribati, but have no permanentpopulation or government representation.
		In the island chain are also two reefs : Carondelet Reef and Winslow Reef.
	www.therfcc.org /phoenix-islands-58587.html (69 words)

	TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents - Kiribati page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The islands straddle the Equator and lie roughly halfway between Hawaii and Australia.
		The three main groupings are the Gilbert Islands, Phoenix Islands, and Line Islands.
		Although the Line Islands are about 2,000 miles east of the Gilbert Islands, most inhabitants of the Line Islands are also Gilbertese.
	www.traveldocs.com /ki/people.htm (263 words)

	Glossary for Emerson's Nature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		They comprise the inhabited islands of Madeira and Porto Santo and the uninhabited Desertas and Selvagens, having a total land area of 798 sq km (308 sq mi) and a population of 273,200 (1989 est.).
		The island is famous for its wine and for the embroidery and wickerwork produced; it is also a popular resort.
		On Porto Santo Island, northeast of Madeira, wheat, barley, and grapes are cultivated.
	www.rwe.org /pages/nature_glossary.htm (3236 words)

	:: LINE ISLANDS EXPEDITION: CORAL HEALTH IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC ::
		Join Scripps researcher Enric Sala and Stuart Sandin and National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry on the first of three expeditions to explore and document the uninhabited coral reef atolls of the Line Islands, one of the most remote places in the ocean.
		To supply the ecological baseline, we are conducting a thorough study of the ecosystems of two of the most pristine coral reefs remaining, those surrounding Palmyra atoll and Kingman reef in the Line Islands.
		In order to quantify the effects of human disturbance on coral reef ecosystems, we will conduct comparable surveys on three inhabited islands of the Line Islands archipelago, Teraina, Tabuaeran, and Kiritimati.
	sio.ucsd.edu /lineislands (443 words)

	Line Islands
		Line Islands or Equatorial Islands,coral group, 43 sq mi (111 sq km), central and S Pacific.
		Of the 11 islands in the group, 8 comprise part of the Republic of
		A 3.5km branch line from the Hong Kong metro to the Disneyland resort on Lantau Island is believed to be the world's first rail line dedicated to a theme park.(China) (International Railway Journal)
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0829869.html (204 words)

	Abaiang Atoll -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is in the Northern Line Islands, part of Kiribati, in the west-central Pacific Ocean.
		Most volcanic islands are referred to as high even if they are not very high, and most coral islands are called low.
		The islands and islets number more than 1,200 and have a total land area of 70 square miles (181 square kilometers), scattered over about 770,000 square miles (1,994,000 square kilometers) of...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9003219 (934 words)

	Line Islands on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Of the 11 islands in the group, 8 comprise part of the Republic of Kiribati : Teraina, Tabuaeran, Kiritimati (formerly Washington, Fanning, and Christmas Islands), Malden, Starbuck, Caroline, Vostok, and Flint.
		Proposed Alaska-Yukon railroad line raises economic, defense issues.
		New ferry carries old-time style ; Casco Bay Lines' new boat, the Aucocisco III, was designed to recall its steamship predecessor.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/LineI1sls.asp (468 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Islands Magazine at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Islands is a well-produced magazine that's interesting to read once in a while, but far too predictable for my tastes
		Many of these beaches are just as fascinating and culturally significant as the offshore islands, and many of the mainland beaches are actually better beaches than those on the islands.
		They are not dreaming of a country-sized island, nor a city that you just happen to have to cross a bridge to get to.
	www.epinions.com /content_19877498500 (1010 words)

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