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Map of the Southern Gilbert Islands, Ellice Islands and Tokelau, 1884. The Gilbert Islands [1] sometimes also known as Kingsmill Islands or King's-Mill Islands [Note 1] are a chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the western Pacific Ocean. They are part of Remote Oceania, and traditionally part of the Micronesia subregion of Oceania.
The location of Tuvalu An enlargeable map of Tuvalu. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Tuvalu: Tuvalu (formerly known as the Ellice Islands) – sovereign Polynesian island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaiʻi and Australia. [1] Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Samoa and Fiji.
Image extracted from page 296 of Samoa a hundred years ago and long before, together with notes on the cults and customs of twenty-three other islands in the Pacific ... With a preface by E. B. Tylor , by TURNER, George.
Tropical Cyclone Bebe was a pre-season tropical cyclone that impacted the Gilbert, Ellice Islands, and Fiji island groups. [78] The storm surge created a wall of coral rubble along the ocean side of Fongafale and Funafala that was about 10 miles (16 km) long, and about 10 to 20 feet (3.0 to 6.1 m) thick at the bottom. [ 79 ]
The Gilbert and Ellice Islands became autonomous in 1971. From 1975 to 1978, the Ellice Islands were separated, and the Gilberts became the Gilbert Islands colony, which issued stamps under that name. In 1979, the Gilberts opted for independence, becoming the independent state of Kiribati. The Ellice Islands became the independent state of ...
Tuvalu (/ t uː ˈ v ɑː l uː / ⓘ too-VAH-loo) [7] is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia.It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (which belong to the Solomon Islands), northeast of Vanuatu, southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna, and north ...
Years of the 20th century in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands (13 C) Pages in category "Gilbert and Ellice Islands" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Funafuti is 1,000 miles (1,600 km) east of the Solomon Islands and 1,200 miles (1,900 km) south of the Marshall Islands. The base was built on three of the nine island atolls of the Ellice islands: Funafuti, Nanomea and Nukufetau. Funafuti is about 13.5 miles (21.7 km) long and 10 miles (16 km) wide.