Teraina

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Location of Teraina

Map of the world highlighting the Line Islands The Line Island group is circled in red in the left of this map. (Source) Map of the Line Islands The Line Islands. Teraina is third from the top. The Cook Islands, in the southwest, are not considered part of the Line group. Jarvis Island, Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll belong to the United States. The remaining islands, listed below, are part of Kiribati. (Map courtesy of the U.S. Library of Congress)

  • Caroline Island
  • Flint Island
  • Kiritimati (Christmas Island) - the largest coral atoll in the world
  • Malden Island
  • Starbuck Island
  • Tabuaeran (Fanning Island)
  • Teraina (Washington Island)
  • Vostok Island
Only three of Kiribati's Line islands are populated.1
  • Kiritimati - 5,115
  • Tabuaeran - 2,539
  • Teraina - 1,155

4° 41' N, 160° 22' W