KIRITIMATI

kərĭsˈməs, largest atoll in the Pacific (1990 pop. 2,537), 222 sq mi (575 sq km), in the Line Islands, one of the island groups that compose the Republic of Kiribati. It was previously called Christmas Island when it made up part of the former British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. The island's chief agricultural product is copra. The atoll was explored by Capt. James Cook in 1777, annexed by Great Britain in 1888, and included in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony in 1919. British nuclear tests were conducted on the atoll in 1957 and 1958 and U.S. tests in 1962.

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books on: Kiritimati  - 12 results

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1.
Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism
Book by James S. Olson, Robert Shadle, Ross Marlay, William G. Ratliff, Joseph M. Rowe Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1991
Subjects: Europe--Colonies--History--Encyclopedias, Europe--History--1492---Encyclopedias, History, Modern--Encyclopedias
...of which the main atoll is Christmas Island * or Kiritimati. Kiritimati is approximately 1,300 miles southeast of Hawaii...Line Islands were included in the colony in 1917, Kiritimati in 1919, and the Phoenix Islands in 1939. Japan...
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The Global Warming Desk Reference
Book by Bruce E. Johansen; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Global Warming
...Line Islands, and eight Phoenix Islands. Kiribati includes Kiritimati formerly Christmas Island , the worlds largest coral atoll...atolls coral was killed by overheated water, and nearly all of Kiritimati Islands roughly 14 million birds died or deserted the island...
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Climate, Environment and Society in the Pacific during the Last Millennium
Book by Patrick D. Nunn; Elsevier, 2007
Subjects: Climatic Changes--Environmental Aspects--Pacific Area--History, Climatic Changes--Pacific Area--History, Climatic Changes--Social Aspects--Pacific Area--History
...especially Henderson) and the northern Line Islands (including Kiritimati and Tabuaeran), today politically part of Kiribati. Henderson...although there are other possible contributors to this. Kiritimati (Christmas) and Tabuaeran (Fanning) are both atolls...
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Collective Behavior and Public Opinion: Rapid Shifts in Opinion and Communication
Book by Jaap Van Ginneken; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003
...one expert. One of the reasons the Americans had given up testing on the Pacific islands of Bikini, Eniwetok, and Kiritimati, they said, was the discovery of tired mountain syndrome which gradually made the underground more fragile.
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A Geography of Islands: Small Island Insularity
Book by Stephen A. Royle; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Islands--Economic Conditions--Maps, Islands--Geography--Maps, Islands--Maps, Islands--Social Aspects--Maps
...1945-98 Island State Number of tests Mururoa Atoll French Polynesia 174 Enewetok Atoll Marshall Islands 43 Christmas Island Kiritimati Kiribati 30 Bikini Atoll Marshall Islands 23 Johnston Island USA 12 Fangataufa Atoll French Polynesia 12 Maiden Island Kiribati...
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Indo-Pacific Migration and Colonization-Introduction
Journal article by Atholl Anderson, Sue O'Connor; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 47, 2008
Subjects: Archaeology and history--Evaluation, Colonization--Analysis, Colonization--Social aspects, Emigration and immigration--Analysis, Emigration and immigration--Social aspects, Historical archaeology--Evaluation, Human settlements--Analysis, Human settlements--History
...Archaeology in Oceania 34:31-39. ANDERSON, A. J., H. MARTINSSON-WALLIN, AND P. WALLIN 2002 The prehistory of Kiritimati (Christmas) Island, Republic of Kiribati. The Kon-Tiki Museum, Occasional Papers 6, Oslo. ANDERSON, E. 1952 Plants...
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Toward's a Fairer World: Rae Julian Provides a Civil Society Perspective on Globalisation
Journal article by Rae Julian; New Zealand International Review, Vol. 31, 2006
Subjects: Civil society--International aspects, Developing countries--Economic aspects, Developing countries--Social aspects, Globalization--Evaluation, Globalization--Social aspects, New Zealand--International trade, Sustainable development--Forecasts and trends, Sustainable development--Social aspects
...its many islands is often difficult with an unreliable small airline and few boats. A few years ago, a trip from Tarawa to Kiritimati (Christmas Island) entailed flights through Fiji to Honolulu and a tourist chartered plane for the final leg--very expensive...


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The Jinxed Sealift: Building the Pacific Island Air Bases
Magazine article by Scott MacDonald; Sea Classics, Vol. 33, October 2000
...Island, whose name would seem to be a natural for promotional purposes in attracting visitors, was inexplicably renamed Kiritimati by the new government. Canton is now Kanton Island, a spelling variation that perhaps can be justified by the fact that...


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newspaper articles on: Kiritimati  - 7 results

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An Idyllic Pacific Atoll That Takes You Away from It All
Newspaper article; The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Australia), November 26, 2010
...Christmas Island by its native name Kiritimati, pronounced Cpounds sterlingChristmasCyen...is Cpounds sterlingKiri-bass.Cyen Kiritimati, then, is one of 32 atolls and one...Protectorate before independence in 1979. Kiritimati, shaped like a high-back boot facing...
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Sorry, No Germans at Philip's Wedding; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 21, 2006
...the island when he arrived there on Christmas Day, 1643. Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is a Pacific Ocean atoll...discovered on Christmas Eve, 1777, by Captain James Cook. Kiritimati is the largest coral atoll in the world at 642 sqkm (248...
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Green Team Booked to Clean Up Island after H-Bomb Tests
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), March 22, 2005
...won a Ministry of Defence contract to remove more than 23,000 cubic metres of military material from the Pacific Island of Kiritimati, formerly known as Christmas Island. The island is the largest coral atoll in the world and was used by British and US forces...
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50 for Fun; Phil Brown's Trivia Quiz
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), December 27, 2007
...36 The Polices; 37 The sea cucumber; 38 Galle; 39 Beavers; 40 Ronnie OSullivan; 41 France; 42 Iceland and Norway; 43 Kiritimati/Christmas Island; 44 Eric Heiden; 45 Jimmy McGrory; 46 The New England Patriots; 47 Ski jumping; 48 Vienna; 49 Java...
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Trading Internationally
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), September 20, 2005
...out a multi-million-pound clean-up and removal of 23,000 cubic metres of military waste from the Pacific Island of Kiritimati (Christmas Island). SEC managing director Jack Macrae identified the importance of working with a bank that provided international...
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encyclopedia articles on: Kiritimati  - 4 results

 
 
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Kiritimati
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KIRITIMATI k ris m s, largest atoll in the Pacific (1990 pop. 2,537), 222 sq mi (575 sq km), in the Line Islands , one of the island...
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Kiribati
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...across 2,400 mi (3,860 km) of the Pacific Ocean near the equator. It includes 8 of the 11 Line Islands , including Kiritimati (formerly Christmas Island), as well as the Gilbert and Phoenix groups and Banaba (formerly Ocean Island). Tarawa is...
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Christmas Island , in the Pacific Ocean
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHRISTMAS ISLAND , in the Pacific Ocean atoll: see Kiritimati . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Line Islands
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...meteorological stations. Of the 11 islands in the group, 8 comprise part of the Republic of Kiribati : Teraina , Tabuaeran , Kiritimati (formerly Washington, Fanning, and Christmas Islands), Malden, Starbuck, Caroline, Vostok, and Flint. Kingman Reef...


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