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Line Islands
Line Islands is a collection of 11 atolls in Micronesia in the central Pacific Ocean. Eight belong to Kiribati and are in the UTC+14 time zone, the easternmost zone currently in use anywhere in the world, making them the first places on Earth to start each new calendar day. The other three (all uninhabited) are U.S. dependencies.
Northern Line Islands
- Kingman Reef - uninhabited - U.S. dependency
- Kiritimati (Christmas Island) - pop.~5000 - in Kiribati
- Palmyra Atoll - uninhabited - U.S. dependency
- Tabuaeran (Fanning Island) - pop.~2500 - in Kiribati
- Teraina (Washington Island) - pop.~1000 - in Kiribati
Central Line Islands
- Jarvis Island - uninhabited - U.S. dependency
- Malden Island - uninhabited - in Kiribati
- Starbuck Island - uninhabited - in Kiribati
Southern Line Islands
- Caroline Island - uninhabited - in Kiribati
- Flint Island - uninhabited - in Kiribati
- Vostok Island - uninhabited - in Kiribati
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