Rawaki
Rawaki | ||
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NASA astronaut picture of Rawaki | ||
Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
Archipelago | Phoenix Islands | |
Geographical location | 3 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ S , 170 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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length | 1.2 km | |
width | 800 m | |
surface | 65 ha | |
Highest elevation | 4.9 m | |
Residents | uninhabited | |
Rawaki island map |
Rawaki ( English Rawaki Island , formerly Phoenix Island ) is the easternmost and with 1.2 × 0.8 km also the second smallest coral island within the group of the Kiribati Phoenix Islands . It is located in the central Pacific Ocean , about 410 km south of the equator and 90 km east of Birnie .
Rawaki was discovered on February 23, 1824 by John Palmer , the captain of the British whaling ship Phoenix from London. It is an uninhabited, upscale atoll with the highly saline residue of a small lagoon that is completely separated from the sea.
literature
- Dalton, William: The Dalton journal: two whaling voyages to the South seas, 1823 - 1829 / ed. By Niel Gunson; [Sydney]: National Library of Australia, 1990 ISBN 0-642-10505-7