Important Bird Areas of Kiribati

Nikumaroro, previously known as Kemins Island or Gardner Island, is a part of the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, in the western Pacific Ocean. It is a remote, elongated, triangular coral atoll with profuse vegetation and a large central marine lagoon. Nikumaroro is about long by wide. Although occupied at various times during the past, the island is uninhabited today.

large marine protected area in the central pacific