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.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island
  • Also known as: Drummond’s Island

McKean Island

Latitude
-3.5957° or 3° 35′ 45″ south
Longitude
-174.123° or 174° 7′ 23″ west
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
6287CV3G+PQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22382841
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
7521600
Wiki­data ID
Q1050899
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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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