Tabuaeran
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Tabuaeran, also known as Fanning Island, is a low-lying coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean that is part of the Republic of Kiribati.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tabuaeran canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coral atoll
ⓘ
island ⓘ populated place ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionOf | Line Islands administrative district of Kiribati ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Fanning Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archipelago | Line Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| area | approximately 34 square kilometers ⓘ |
| capital | Paelau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| country | Kiribati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredByEuropeans | Edmund Fanning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1798 ⓘ |
| distanceTo |
approximately 1600 km south of Hawaii
ⓘ
approximately 330 km northwest of Kiritimati ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 3 meters ⓘ |
| formerSovereign | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerStatus | part of the British Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony ⓘ |
| governingCountry | Republic of Kiribati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
large central lagoon
ⓘ
narrow surrounding reef ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Gilbertese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPort | lagoon anchorage ⓘ |
| hasRisk |
coastal erosion
ⓘ
sea-level rise ⓘ |
| hasTransport | Tabuaeran airfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVegetation |
coconut palms
ⓘ
tropical scrub ⓘ |
| ISO3166-2 | KI-L ⓘ |
| joinedIndependentKiribati | 1979 ⓘ |
| lagoonArea | approximately 110 square kilometers ⓘ |
| largestSettlement | Paelau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Micronesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Polynesia NERFINISHED ⓘ central Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Edmund Fanning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ocean | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf |
Line Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Line Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | approximately 2000 ⓘ |
| populationYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| primaryEconomicActivity |
copra production
ⓘ
small-scale tourism ⓘ subsistence fishing ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | coral reef ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+14 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
stopover for cruise ships
ⓘ
trans-Pacific telegraph cable station (historically) ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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