Pacific OceanKiribati
3°53′N 159°20′W
Tabuaeran
Part of Line Islands
Tabuaeran, also known as Fanning Island, is an atoll that is part of the Line Islands of the central Pacific Ocean and part of the island nation of Kiribati. The land area is 33.73 square kilometres (13.02 square miles), and the population in 2015 was 2,315. The maximum elevation is about 3 m (10 ft) above high tide.
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Overview
Tabuaeran, also known as Fanning Island, is an atoll that is part of the Line Islands of the central Pacific Ocean and part of the island nation of Kiribati. The land area is 33.73 square kilometres (13.02 square miles), and the population in 2015 was 2,315. The maximum elevation is about 3 m (10 ft) above high tide. The lagoon has an area of 110 square kilometres (42 square miles). The deepest water in the lagoon is about 15 metres (49 feet), but most of it is very shallow.
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Census, cataloged
Also in the area
Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.
- Unnamed island29 m · 10.1 km²
- Unnamed island5 m · 0.03 km²
- Unnamed island3 m · 0.02 km²
- Unnamed island3 m · 0.01 km²
- Unnamed island8 m · 1 ha
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.8 ha
- Unnamed island3 m · 0.7 ha
- Unnamed island4 m · 0.6 ha
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.3 ha
- Unnamed island3 m · 0.2 ha
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.2 ha
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.2 ha
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Comparative heights
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Unnamed island | 10.1 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.03 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.02 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.8 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.7 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.6 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
Photographs
The lagoon entrance (English Harbour) at Fanning Island (Tabuaeran), Line Islands, Pacific Ocean
NASA astronaut image of Tabuaeran (former Fanning Island, Kiribati) in the Pacific Ocean
NASA astronaut image of Fanning Island (Tabuaeran) in the Pacific Ocean
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Fanning lagoon entrance. Dr. James P. McVey, NOAA Sea Grant Program / Public domain
- Tabuaeran Kiribati. NASA / Public domain
- NASA-FanningIsland. NASA / Public domain
- Tabuaeran banner lagoon shoreline. Dr. James P. McVey, NOAA Sea Grant Program / Public domain