Rawaki

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Rawaki
NASA astronaut picture of Rawaki
NASA astronaut picture of Rawaki
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Phoenix Islands
Geographical location 3 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  S , 170 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 3 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  S , 170 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  W
Rawaki (Kiribati)
Rawaki
length 1.2 km
width 800 m
surface 65 ha
Highest elevation 4.9  m
Residents uninhabited
Rawaki island map
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

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