Ocean Island

E328833
coral island island phosphate island raised coral island

Ocean Island, also known as Banaba, is a small phosphate-rich island in the central Pacific Ocean that was historically administered by Britain and heavily mined during the 20th century.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ocean Island canonical 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coral island ⓘ
island ⓘ
phosphate island ⓘ
raised coral island ⓘ
administeredBy British Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Banaba ⓘ
area about 6 square kilometres ⓘ
belongsToIslandGroup Gilbert Islands ⓘ
capitalSettlement Tabwewa ⓘ
claimants Banaban people NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
country Kiribati ⓘ
currentOfficialName Banaba ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 81 metres ⓘ
environmentalImpact severely degraded by mining ⓘ
ethnicGroup Banaban people NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerColonyOf United Kingdom ⓘ
formerName Abingdon Island ⓘ
surface form: Ocean Island (British colonial name)
geologicalOrigin raised atoll ⓘ
geologicalType limestone ⓘ
heavilyMinedDuring 20th century ⓘ
highestPoint Banaba plateau ⓘ
historicallyAdministeredWith Gilbert and Ellice Islands ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Gilbertese language ⓘ
surface form: Gilbertese
legalIssue subject of compensation claims ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: central Pacific Ocean
minedBy British Phosphate Commissioners ⓘ
minedForBenefitOf Australia ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
naturalResource phosphate ⓘ
nearbyCountry Nauru ⓘ
partOf Kiribati ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Kiribati
phosphateMiningBegan early 1900s ⓘ
phosphateMiningEnded late 1970s ⓘ
population small ⓘ
populationTrend many inhabitants relocated ⓘ
region Micronesia ⓘ
relocatedPopulationCountry Fiji ⓘ
relocatedPopulationTo Rabi Island ⓘ
richIn phosphate rock ⓘ
sovereignty Kiribati ⓘ
surroundedBy Pacific Ocean waters ⓘ
timeZone UTC+12 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Western Pacific Territories → appliesToJurisdiction → Ocean Island ⓘ
Banaba Island → alsoKnownAs → Ocean Island ⓘ
Kure Atoll → hasAlternativeName → Ocean Island ⓘ
Western Pacific High Commission → appliesToJurisdiction → Ocean Island ⓘ