Kiribati and United States
5°11′S 155°38′W
Central Line Islands
Part of Line Islands
Chart
3 landforms
Major islands
2
Malden Island
- Area
- 37.1 km²
- High point
- 9 m
Malden Island, sometimes called Independence Island in the 19th century, is a low, arid, uninhabited atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, about 39 km2 (15 sq mi) in area. It is one of the Line Islands belonging to the Republic of Kiribati.
Starbuck Island
- Area
- 24.8 km²
- High point
- 9 m
Starbuck Island (or Volunteer Island) is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific, and is part of the Central Line Islands of Kiribati. Its former names include "Barren Island", "Coral Queen Island", "Hero Island", "Low Island", and "Starve Island".
Minor islands
1
Jarvis Island
- Area
- 4.5 km²
- High point
- 7 m
Figures
Comparative heights
To the same scale
Islands by area
km², log scale
| Malden Island | 37.1 km² |
| Starbuck Island | 24.8 km² |
| Jarvis Island | 4.5 km² |
Overlapping groups
Photographs
2
Ruined wall, overgrown with Pohuehue (Ipomoea pes-caprae) on Starbuck Island, Line Islands, Kiribati.
Sources
Facts
- Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
- Talus
Photographs
- Starbuck AKK Wall. Angela K. Kepler / Public domain
- Malden Island AKK ruins. Angela K. Kepler / Public domain