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
SS Norwich City
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SS Norwich City was a British cargo steamship. It was built in 1911 as Normanby, and renamed Norwich City in 1919. It was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean in 1929. For many years, its wreck was a sea mark
Nikumaroro
…always been difficult and is most often done south of the anchorage. On occasion, visiting larger boats and ships have moored alongside the wreck of the SS Norwich City, which ran aground in 1929. Thick scrub and Pisonia forest cover the land surface. The trees grow 15 m (49 ft) in height and result in decomposing leaf…
The original Second Narrows Rail Bridge