McKean Island

McKean Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Phoenix Islands, Republic of Kiribati. Its area is 57 hectares. Kiribati declared the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in 2006, with the park being expanded in 2008.

McKean Island

Type: Atoll
Also known as: “M’Kean Island” and “McKean Atoll; McKean Island”
Category: landform
Location: McKean Island, Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia, Oceania
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Latitude

-3.59562° or 3° 35′ 44″ south

Longitude

-174.12292° or 174° 7′ 23″ west

Elevation

5 metres (16 feet)

United Nations Location Code

KI MCK

Open location code

6287CV3G+QR

GeoNames ID

4030930

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