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
Entrance to Kanton Island's Lagoon. The village site is to the left.
Islands of the Settlement Scheme and Enderbury Island
Canton Island
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Canton Island, previously known as Mary Island, Mary Balcout's Island or Swallow Island, is the largest, northernmost, and as of 2020, the sole inhabited island of the Phoenix Islands, in the Republic
Phoenix Islands
…They are part of the Republic of Kiribati. Their combined land area is 28 square kilometres (11 mi2). The only island of any commercial importance is Canton Island (also called Abariringa). The other islands are Enderbury, Rawaki (formerly Phoenix), Manra (formerly Sydney), Birnie, McKean, Nikumaroro (formerly…
Mary (Hill) Boulcott (1786 - 1858)
John E. Boulcott (1784 -1855)
Hydnophora rigida corals on Kanton, part of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area