The
names in parentheses are the former names of the islands. Click on each island
to open a detailed map in a new window.
The
Phoenix Island Group is part of the Republic of Kiribati. Only Kanton
Island is now inhabited. There were settlements on Orona (Hull), Manra
(Sydney) and Nikumaroro (Gardner) from the late 1930s until the early
1960s. McKean Island was the site of guano mining operations in the late
1800s. Nikumaroro hosted a few Niue islanders in the 1890s, who planted
coconuts for an English business and then left. For a more complete history
of Nikumaroro, go to Paradise
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