Makin (atoll)
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Makin is an atoll, chain of islands, located in the Pacific Ocean island nation of Kiribati. Makin is the northernmost of the Gilbert Islands, with a population of 1,990.
Makin Island reef
Butaritari
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Butaritari is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean island nation of Kiribati. The atoll is roughly four-sided. The south and southeast portion of the atoll comprises a nearly continuous islet. The atoll reef
Makin (atoll)
…Makin is the northernmost of the Gilbert Islands, with a population (in 2015) of 1,990. Makin is located six km northeast of the northeastern corner of Butaritari atoll reef and 6.9 km from the Butaritari islet of Namoka. It is a linear reef feature, 12.3 km long north-south, with five islets, the two larger ones…
The causeway connecting Tanimaiaki and Keuea
Portrait of a native of the Makin islands, drawn by Alfred Thomas Agate (1841)
A war monument in Ukiangang village, Butaritari