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Birnie Island (Birnie Atoll, Birney) is a small coral island, 20 hectares in area, part of the Phoenix Island Group, which belongs to the nation of Kiribati. It is located about 100km SE of Kanton Island and 90km WNW of Rawaki Island, formerly known as Phoenix Island. It can be found at 3 degrees 35 minutes South, 171 degrees, 33 minutes West. Birnie island is uninhabitated, and measures only 1.2km long and 0.5km wide. There is no anchorage, but landing can be made on the lee beach. The Phoenix Islands are a sparsely populated island chain in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Gilbert Islands and west of the Line Islands. ...
Canton Island - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image Orthographic projection centred on Kanton Island Kanton Island (also known as Canton Island or Abariringa Island), alternatively Mary Island, Mary Balcout Island or Swallow Island, is the largest, most northern, and, as of 2005, the sole inhabited island of the...
Rawaki Island is one of the Phoenix Islands in the Republic of Kiribati, also known by its previous name of Phoenix Island. ...
Birnie island is a dry island, covered mostly with low shrubs rather than tall vegetation, and a small lagoon which is all but dried up. Because of the undisturbed nature of the island, the vegetation, and large colonies of seabirds which roost there, Birnie Island was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1975.
History Birnie Island was named in 1823 by Captain Emment, though the origin of the name is not fully known. 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
In the 1860s, the island was claimed under the Guano Islands Act for the United States, though there is no evidence of guano ever being mined there. In 1889, the British flag was raised, and the island was declared a protectorate. A colony was considered but nothing eventuated. In 1899 the island was leased to the Pacific Islands Co. // Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ...
The Guano Islands Act was federal legislation passed by the U.S. Congress on August 18, 1856 enabling citizens of the U.S. to take possession of islands containing guano deposits. ...
1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
In 1916 it was included among the islands leased for 87 years to Captain Allen of the Samoan Shipping and Trading Company. This lease was taken over by Burns, Philip (South Sea) Company. 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Birnie Island became part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony in 1937, which belonged to the British, and then became part of Kiribati in 1979 when the country gained independence. The US gave up its claim in the 1979 Treaty of Tarawa. It is still uninhabited and rarely visited. The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were a British protectorate from 1892 and colony from 1916 — until 1 January 1976 when the islands were divided into two different colonies which became independent nations shortly after. ...
1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
Coordinates: 03°35′S 171°33′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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