Canton 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 , in the Republic of .
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  • Type: atoll with 41 residents
  • Description: atoll in the South Pacific Ocean
  • Also known as: Abariringa Island”, “Kanton Island”, “Mary Balcout’s Island”, and “Mary Island

Canton Island

Latitude
-2.81° or 2° 48′ 36″ south
Longitude
-171.678° or 171° 40′ 41″ west
Population
41
United Nations Location Code
KI CIS
Open location code
629C58QC+XR
Geo­Names ID
7521592
Wiki­data ID
Q30895
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Canton Island” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Islla Kanton
  • Belarusian: Абарырынга
  • Belarusian: Атол Абарырынга
  • Belarusian: Атол Кантон
  • Belarusian: Востраў Кантон
  • Catalan: Abariringa
  • Catalan: Canton Island
  • Catalan: illa Canton
  • Catalan: Illa Canton
  • Catalan: Kanton Island
  • Catalan: Kanton
  • Cebuano: Kanton Island
  • Chinese: 坎頓島
  • Chinese: 阿巴里靈阿環礁
  • Croatian: Abariringa
  • Croatian: Kanton
  • Dutch: Abariringa
  • Dutch: Kanton Island
  • Dutch: Kanton
  • Dutch: Kantoneiland
  • Estonian: Abariringa saar
  • Estonian: Abariringa
  • Finnish: Abariringa
  • French: Abariringa
  • French: Canton Island
  • French: Canton
  • French: Île Canton
  • French: Kanton
  • Galician: Illa Kanton
  • German: Abariringa
  • German: Kanton Island
  • German: Kanton
  • German: Pyramid Point
  • Greek: Αμπαριρίνγκα
  • Greek: Καντών Νήσος
  • Greek: Νήσος Καντών
  • Hebrew: אברירינגה
  • Hebrew: האי מארי
  • Hebrew: קנטון
  • Italian: Canton
  • Japanese: カントン島
  • Korean: 아바리링가 섬
  • Korean: 아바리링가
  • Korean: 캔턴섬
  • Korean: 캔튼 섬
  • Lithuanian: Kantono sala
  • Macedonian: Кантон
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Abariringa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kantonøya
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Abariringa Island
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Atollen Kanton
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Canton Island
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kanton Island
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mary Balcout Island
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Swallow Island
  • Norwegian: Kantonøya
  • Persian: جزیره کانتون
  • Persian: کانتون
  • Polish: Abariringa
  • Polish: Kanton
  • Portuguese: Ilha Kanton
  • Russian: Абариринга
  • Russian: атолл Кантон
  • Russian: Кантон (атолл)
  • Russian: Кантон
  • Spanish: Isla Canton
  • Spanish: Isla Kanton
  • Spanish: Kanton
  • Swedish: Kantonatollen
  • Tajik: Кантон
  • Turkish: Kanton Adası
  • Ukrainian: Abariringa Island
  • Ukrainian: Canton Island
  • Ukrainian: Абарірінга
  • Ukrainian: атол Кантон
  • Ukrainian: Кантон
  • Canton Island
  • Kanton

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