Christmas Island Kiribati Map

Despite being 2 460 km 1 530 mi east of the 180 meridian a 1995 realignment of the international date line by the republic of kiribati moved kiritimati to.

Christmas island kiribati map. Map of kiribati and travel information about kiribati brought to you by lonely planet. Kiritimati christmas island one of the most unusual atolls in the pacific ocean. There is not one but dozens of inland lagoons which are quite different from each other. The island has the greatest land area of any coral atoll in the.

Kiritimati is one of the line islands a chain of atolls and coral islands on both sides of the equator in the central pacific ocean 2 000 km 1 250 mi south of hawaii. These low lying coral atolls 33 in all are the protruding tips of undersea volcanoes and extend only a few feet above sea level the waters surrounding kiribati witnessed intense whaling. Kiritimati from mapcarta the free map. Kiritimati map line islands kiribati mapcarta.

Beaches coasts and islands. The widely scattered nation of kiribati pronounced kir ee bahs located in the pacific ocean along the edges of the equator includes the gilbert phoenix and line island groups most are uninhabited. Find out more with this detailed interactive online map of kiritimati downtown surrounding areas and kiritimati neighborhoods. Most of them are totally unsuitable for swimming but there are few lagoons with beautiful beaches most tourists come to kiritimati for fishing so beaches are always empty.

Travelling to kiritimati christmas islands kiribati. Not to be confused with christmas island an australian possession in the indian ocean. Best in travel 2020. If you are planning on traveling to kiritimati use this interactive map to help you locate everything from food to hotels to tourist destinations.

Kiritimati or christmas island is a pacific ocean coral atoll in the northern line islands it is part of the republic of kiribati its gilbertese name is the rendition of the english word christmas according to its sounds in which the combination ti is pronounced s and the name is thus pronounced k ə ˈ r ɪ s m ə s.