Kingsmill Islands

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The Kingsmill Islands, now known as part of the Gilbert Islands in the central Pacific Ocean, are a chain of low-lying coral atolls that form a major island group of the Republic of Kiribati.

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Label Occurrences
Kingsmill Islands canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
island group ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Gilbert Islands ⓘ
surface form: Kiribati Gilbert Islands group
climate tropical ⓘ
colonialHistory part of the British Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony ⓘ
composedOf coral atolls ⓘ
country Kiribati ⓘ
formerNameOf Gilbert Islands ⓘ
surface form: Gilbert Islands (as a group designation in some historical sources)
hasEconomicActivity copra production ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
hasEcosystem coral reef ecosystem ⓘ
hasGeographicalFeature low-lying atolls ⓘ
hasHighestPoint sea level (approximately) ⓘ
hasIsland Abaiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Abemama ⓘ
Aranuka ⓘ
Arorae ⓘ
Beru ⓘ
Kuria ⓘ
Maiana ⓘ
Marakei ⓘ
Nikunau ⓘ
Nonouti ⓘ
Onotoa ⓘ
Tabiteuea ⓘ
Tamana ⓘ
Tarawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNaturalHazard coastal erosion ⓘ
sea-level rise vulnerability ⓘ
tropical storms ⓘ
hasTransport Tarawa international connections ⓘ
inter-island boat services ⓘ
historicalName Kingsmill Group ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Gilbertese language ⓘ
surface form: Gilbertese
locatedIn Micronesia ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: central Pacific Ocean
nearbyRegion Line Islands ⓘ
surface form: Line Islands (Kiribati)

Phoenix Islands ⓘ
surface form: Phoenix Islands (Kiribati)
oceanCurrentInfluence Equatorial currents of the Pacific ⓘ
partOf Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Kiribati ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Kiribati
religion Christianity (predominant) ⓘ
sovereignStateAfterDecolonization Kiribati ⓘ
timeZone UTC+12 to UTC+14 (depending on specific atoll) ⓘ

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

Gilbert Islands → formerName → Kingsmill Islands ⓘ