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	Malden, Line Islands, Republic of Kiribati
		Malden Island lies 241 nautical miles south of the equator.
		Malden was discovered July 30, 1825, by Captain Lord Byron, in H.M.S. Blonde.
		On January 1, 1922, Malden was leased to Malden Island Pty.
	www.janeresture.com /kiribati_line/malden.htm (1165 words)

	Malden Island
		Malden Island is located 241 nautical miles (446 km) south of the equator, roughly 1400 miles (2,253 km) south of Honolulu, Hawaii, and more than 4000 miles (6,000 km) west of the coast of South America.
		Malden was claimed by the U.S. Guano Company under the Guano Islands Act of 1856, which authorized citizens to take possession of uninhabited islands under the authority of the United States for the purpose of removing guano, a valuable agricultural fertilizer.
		Malden was reserved as a wildlife sanctuary and closed area, officially designated the Malden Island Wildlife Sanctuary, on 29 May 1975, under the 1975 Wildlife Conservation Ordinance.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/m/ma/malden_island.html (1003 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Malden Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Malden Island is located 446 km (241 nautical miles) south of the equator, 2840 km (1530 nautical miles) south of Honolulu, Hawaii, and more than 8000 km (4000 nautical miles, 5000 statute miles) west of the coast of South America.
		The nearest land is uninhabited Starbuck Island, 204 km (110 nmi) to the southwest.
		The Phoenix Islands are a sparsely populated island chain in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Gilbert Islands and west of the Line Islands.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Malden-Island (2047 words)

	Living Archipelagos - Proposed Sites
		Malden is especially notable for its globally important populations of Lesser Frigatebirds and Gray-backed Terns.
		Cat eradication on Malden is critical for the survival of the seabird populations on Malden and to enable Malden to accommodate large numbers of displaced seabirds of many species, from nearby Kiritimati.
		Malden was established as a Wildlife Sanctuary and Closed Area in 1975 under the Wildlife Conservation Ordinance of Kiribati.
	www.livingarchipelagos.org /sitepage.asp?name=Malden (2254 words)

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