McKean Island

McKean Island is a small, uninhabited island in the , Republic of . Its area is 57 hectares. Kiribati declared the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in 2006, with the park being expanded in 2008.
  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 3 metres (10 feet)
  • …is also known as “Drummond’s Island”

McKean Island

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Latitude
-3.5957° or 3° 35′ 45″ south
Longitude
-174.123° or 174° 7′ 23″ west
Open location code
6287CV3G+PQ
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Turkish—“McKean Island” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Мак-Кін”
  • Belarusian: “Мак-Кін”
  • Catalan: “Illa McKean”
  • Cebuano: “McKean Island”
  • Chinese: “麥基恩島”
  • Chinese: “麦基恩岛”
  • Croatian: “McKean”
  • Dutch: “McKean”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مكيان ايسلاند”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مكيان”
  • Finnish: “McKean”
  • French: “McKean”
  • Galician: “Illa McKean”
  • German: “Arthur Island”
  • German: “Dummond´s Island”
  • German: “McKean”
  • Greek: “ΜακΚήν Νήσος”
  • Hebrew: “מקין”
  • Italian: “isola di McKean”
  • Italian: “Isola McKean”
  • Japanese: “マッキーン島”
  • Korean: “매킨섬”
  • Korean: “맥킨 섬”
  • Macedonian: “Мекин”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “McKean”
  • Norwegian: “McKean”
  • Persian: “جزیره مک کین”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha McKean”
  • Russian: “Мак-Кин”
  • Russian: “Остров Мак-Кин”
  • Spanish: “Isla McKean”
  • Spanish: “McKean”
  • Swedish: “McKean”
  • Swedish: “McKeanatollen”
  • Swedish: “McKeanön”
  • Turkish: “McKean Adası”

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