Nikumaroro
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Nikumaroro, previously known as Kemins Island or Gardner Island, is a part of the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, in the western Pacific Ocean. It is a remote, elongated, triangular coral atoll with profus
Tatiman Passage (western entrance to Nikumaroro's lagoon) as seen from near Karake village ruins
Large Pandanus sp. trees, viewed from underneath: Note the typical prop roots of the trees, enabling them to live along the coast, enduring violent seas and winds. They may have been planted as a food plant for the Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme, 1938–1962.
Nikumaroro Island in 2014
Gardner and other islands of the Phoenix Group, from a geographical handbook compiled by the British Admiralty in 1943-45
Phoenix Islands
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The Phoenix Islands, or Rawaki, are a group of eight atolls and two submerged coral reefs that lie east of the Gilbert Islands and west of the Line Islands in the Polynesia sub-region of Oceania, in t
Nikumaroro
…Nikumaroro, previously known as Kemins Island or Gardner Island, is a part of the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, in the western Pacific Ocean. It is a remote, elongated, triangular coral atoll with profuse vegetation and a large central marine lagoon…
Entrance to Kanton Island's Lagoon. The village site is to the left.