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Phoenix Islands

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Phoenix Islands
A group of eight islands in the central Pacific Ocean north of Samoa. Inhabited in prehistoric times by Austronesian peoples and later rediscovered by British and American explorers, they were administered at various times by one or both of the countries and are now part of Kiribati.
Phoenix Islands
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(Placename) a group of eight coral islands in the central Pacific: administratively part of Kiribati. Area: 28 sq. km (11 sq. miles)
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Tong is also getting kudos in the scientific and environmental communities for giving back to the world with his important conservation initiative: creation of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, a remote archipelago of eight coral atolls and two submerged reef systems in an expanse of ocean totaling 410,000 square kilometers, roughly the size of California.
First wave: the presidents of two island nations draft escape plans, ... by Russell, Cristine / Science News
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The small Pacific island nation of Kiribati has created the world's largest protected marine reserve--the 410 500-square-kilometre Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), one of the planet's last intact coral archipelagos currently threatened by over-fishing and climate change.
Small Pacific nation becomes global conservation leader by Ecos
On 12 July, Lexington and her destroyers arrived and took over the search, which now shifted away from the Phoenix Islands to the open waters north and west of Howland.
Searching for Amelia by Beheim, Eric / Naval Aviation News
 
 
 
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