Gilbert Islands

E70511
archipelago island group

The Gilbert Islands are a central Pacific archipelago that forms part of the Republic of Kiribati and was a significant World War II battleground.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Gilbert Islands canonical 112
Gilbert Islands group 13
Gilbert Islands chain 10

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
island group ⓘ
capital Tarawa Atoll ⓘ
surface form: Tarawa
climate tropical ⓘ
colonialStatusEstablished 1892 ⓘ
country Kiribati ⓘ
discoveredBy European explorers ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kiribati people ⓘ
surface form: I-Kiribati
feature coral atolls ⓘ
low-lying islands ⓘ
formerColonyOf British Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
formerName Kingsmill Islands ⓘ
hasIsland Abaiang ⓘ
Abemama ⓘ
Aranuka ⓘ
Arorae ⓘ
Beru ⓘ
Butaritari ⓘ
Kuria ⓘ
Maiana ⓘ
Makin ⓘ
Marakei ⓘ
Nikunau ⓘ
Nonouti ⓘ
Onotoa ⓘ
Tabiteuea ⓘ
Tamana ⓘ
Tarawa Atoll ⓘ
surface form: Tarawa
integratedIntoKiribati 1979 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Gilbertese language ⓘ
surface form: Gilbertese
largestSettlement South Tarawa ⓘ
locatedIn Micronesia ⓘ
Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: central Pacific Ocean
namedAfter Thomas Gilbert ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Makin ⓘ
Battle of Tarawa ⓘ
numberOfIslands 16 ⓘ
occupiedBy Japanese colonial empire ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Japan
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Kiribati ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Kiribati
recapturedBy United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: United States forces
religion Christianity ⓘ
sovereignState Kiribati ⓘ
timeZone UTC+12 ⓘ
usedAs World War II battleground ⓘ
wasBritishColony true ⓘ
wasBritishProtectorate true ⓘ
wasPartOf Gilbert and Ellice Islands ⓘ

Referenced by (148)

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

Battle of Tarawa → location → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Micronesia → hasPart → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiribati (Gilbert Islands part)
Micronesia → hasPart → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Kiribati → formerName → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Kiribati → hasIslandGroup → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Tuvalu → previousEntity → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Ellicean languages → geographicDistribution → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiribati region
Seventh Air Force → areaOfOperations → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Fourth Fleet → areaOfOperations → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Fourth Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific → appliesToJurisdiction → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Operation Galvanic → location → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign → location → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Betio → locatedIn → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
British Western Pacific Territories → appliesToJurisdiction → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Central Pacific Ocean → includesRegion → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Tarawa Atoll → partOf → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Tarawa Atoll → archipelago → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Tarawa Atoll → adminCenterOf → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Abemama → locatedIn → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Abemama → partOf → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gilbert Islands group
Abemama → archipelago → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Butaritari → locatedIn → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Butaritari → partOf → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gilbert Islands group
Butaritari → administrativeDivisionOf → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gilbert Islands group of Kiribati
Butaritari → archipelago → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Beru → locatedIn → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Beru → locatedIn → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Gilbert Islands
Beru → partOf → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gilbert Islands group
Kiribati Uniting Church → regionServed → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Kiribati people → region → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Banaba → partOfIslandGroup → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Onotoa → locatedIn → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Onotoa → archipelago → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Arorae → locatedIn → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Arorae → locatedIn → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Gilbert Islands
Arorae → archipelago → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Arorae → region → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Nonouti → locatedIn → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Nonouti → locatedIn → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern Gilbert Islands
Nonouti → archipelago → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Marakei → locatedIn → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Marakei → partOf → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gilbert Islands group
Nikunau → locatedIn → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Nikunau → administrativeDivisionOf → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gilbert Islands group
Tamana → locatedIn → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Tamana → islandGroup → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Tabiteuea → locatedIn → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Tabiteuea → archipelago → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Maiana → locatedIn → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Central Pacific → includes → Gilbert Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gilbert Islands region