Birnie Island

Birnie Island is a small, uninhabited coral island, 20 hectares in area, part of the Phoenix Island group, that is part of the Republic of Kiribati. It is located about 100 kilometres southeast of Kanton Island and 90 kilometres west-northwest of Rawaki Island, formerly known as Phoenix Island.

Birnie Island

Type: Atoll
Also known as: “Birney” and “Birnie Atoll; Birnie Island”
Category: landform
Location: Birnie Island, Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia, Oceania
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Latitude

-3.5835° or 3° 35′ 1″ south

Longitude

-171.51619° or 171° 30′ 58″ west

Elevation

3 metres (10 feet)

United Nations Location Code

KI BIR

Open location code

628CCF8M+HG

GeoNames ID

4030968

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