Line Islands

About Line Islands

The 'Line Islands' are a group of eleven atolls and low coral islands in the central Pacific Ocean south of the Hawaiian Islands, eight of which belong to Kiribati, while three are United States territories that are grouped with the United States Minor Outlying Islands. The Line Islands that are part of the Republic of Kiribati are in a time zone with the earliest time in the world: UTC + 14. The time of day is the same as in Hawaii, but one day ahead; and even 26 hours ahead of some other islands in Oceania.
All the islands in this group are or were claimed by the United States except Filippo Reef. American claims to Kirimati, Malden Island, Starbuck Island, Caroline Island, Vostok Island, and Flint Island were given up.
The group is geographically divided in three subgroups, Northern, Central, and Southern Line Islands. The Central Line Islands are sometimes grouped with the Southern Line Islands. The table is listing the islands from north to south.

Atoll/Island/Reef	Island Area km²	Lagoon km²	Status
'Northern Line Islands'
Kingman Reef	0.03	60	U.S. unincorporated territory
Palmyra Atoll	6.56	15	U.S. incorporated territory
Teraina (''Washington Island'')	14.2	2^★	Kiribati Island Council
Tabuaeran (''Fanning Island'')	33.7	110	Kiribati Island Council
Kiritimati (''Christmas Island'')	388.5	324	Kiribati Island Council
'Central Line Islands'
Jarvis Island	4.45	-	U.S. unincorporated territory
Malden Island	39.3	13^★	part of Kiribati
Filippo Reef	-	1.5	outside EEZ
Starbuck Island	21	25	part of Kiribati
'Southern Line Islands'
Caroline Island	3.76	2.5	part of Kiribati
Vostok Island	0.24	-	part of Kiribati
Flint Island	3	-	part of Kiribati
'Line Islands	514,74	538

^★ The lagoon areas marked with an asterisk are contained within the island areas of the previous column because they are, unlike in the case of a typical atoll, inland waters completely sealed off from the sea.

Only three islands are inhabited, with a total population of 8,809 (census of 2005), of which 5,115 are on Kiritimati, 2,539 on Tabuaeran, and 1,155 on Teraina. The total population of these three atolls in 1900 was about 300.
Kiritimati is the largest atoll in the world in terms of land area. The islands were annexed by Britain in 1888 with a view to laying the Pacific cable with Tabuaeran (then Fanning Island) as a relay station. That cable functioned between 1902 and 1963 except for a short period in 1914.
Copra and "Petfish" are the main export products (with seaweed).

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