Kiritimati
Kiritimati, also known as Christmas Island has the largest land area of any coral atoll in the world and by itself represents the majority of the land area of Kiribati.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paris and London.
Paris
Locality
Paris is an abandoned settlement in Kiribati, located on the island of Kiritimati, within the archipelago of Line Islands. Paris is situated 2½ km southwest of Kiritimati.
London
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
London is a village in Kiribati, located on the island of Kiritimati, within the archipelago of Line Islands. It is the administrative capital of Kiritimati. London is situated 5 km north of Kiritimati.
Tabwakea
Village
Photo: Calvin Smith, CC BY 2.0.
Tabwakea is the largest village on the island of Kiritimati, within the archipelago of Line Islands of Kiribati. Tabwakea is situated 9 km north of Kiritimati.
Kiritimati
- Type: Atoll
- Also known as: “BIRCH WW2”, “Christmas Atoll”, “GUMDROP WW2”, “Kiritimati Atoll”, and “Kiritimati Island”
- Category: landform
- Location: Kiritimati, Line Islands, Kiribati, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.94° or 1° 56′ 24″ northLongitude
-157.474° or 157° 28′ 26″ westIATA airport code
CXIOpen location code
63H4WGQG+XCGeoNames ID
4030944
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Kiritimati” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “基里地馬地島”
- Danish: “Christmas Island”
- Finnish: “Kiritimati”
- French: “Île Christmas”
- German: “Kiritimati”
- German: “Weihnachtsinsel”
- Hebrew: “קיריטימטי”
- Italian: “Kiritimati”
- Japanese: “キリスィマスィ島”
- Japanese: “クリスマス島”
- Korean: “키리티마티 섬”
- Latin: “Insula Christi Natalis”
- Norwegian: “Kirimati”
- Polish: “Kiritimati”
- Portuguese: “Kiritimati”
- Russian: “Остров Рождества”
- Spanish: “Kiritimati”
- Swedish: “Kiritimati”
- Ukrainian: “Кіритіматі”
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