Kanton Island
Canton Island, previously known as Mary Island, Mary Balcout's Island or Swallow Island, is the largest, northernmost, and as of 2020, the sole inhabited island of the Phoenix Islands, in the Republic of Kiribati.Kanton Island
- Type: Atoll
- Also known as: “Aba-Riringa”, “Abariringa”, “Canton Atoll”, “Canton Island”, “HOLLY WW2”, “Kanton”, “Kanton Atoll”, “Mary Balcourt”, “Mary Island”, “MILD WW2”, “MYTHOLOGY WW2”, and “Swallow Island”
- Category: landform
- Location: Canton Island, Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia, Oceania
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Latitude
-2.81° or 2° 48′ 36″ southLongitude
-171.677° or 171° 40′ 37″ westElevation
6 metres (20 feet)IATA airport code
CISOpen location code
629C58QF+X6GeoNames ID
4030946
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Ukrainian—“Kanton Island” goes by many names.
- Norwegian: “Kantonøya”
- Ukrainian: “Кантон”
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