Union Islands

E354721

former British territory island group

Union Islands is a small Pacific island group that was formerly administered as part of the British Western Pacific Territories.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Union Islands canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former British territory ⓘ island group ⓘ
administeredBy	British Western Pacific Territories ⓘ
archipelago	Gilbert Islands ⓘ
climate	tropical ⓘ
colonialEmpire	British Empire ⓘ
colonialStatus	subdivision of Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony ⓘ
contains	Arorae ⓘ Beru ⓘ Nikunau ⓘ Onotoa ⓘ Tabiteuea ⓘ Tamana ⓘ
country	Kiribati ⓘ
currentPoliticalStatus	part of the Republic of Kiribati ⓘ
formerAdministrativeCategory	Union District ⓘ
formerColonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
formerMetropole	London ⓘ
formerNameOf	Southern Gilberts ⓘ surface form: Southern Gilbert Islands group
geographicalCharacteristic	low-lying coral atolls ⓘ
historicalEra	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
languageSpoken	Gilbertese language ⓘ surface form: Gilbertese
locatedIn	Oceania ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ central Pacific Ocean ⓘ
ocean	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf	British Western Pacific Territories ⓘ Gilbert and Ellice Islands ⓘ surface form: Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
region	Micronesia ⓘ
sovereigntyTransferredTo	Kiribati ⓘ
usedAsAdministrativeUnitBy	British colonial administration ⓘ

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

British Western Pacific Territories → appliesToJurisdiction → Union Islands ⓘ