Nikunau
Sign in to saveNikunau is a low coral atoll in the Gilbert Islands. It consists of two parts, with the larger in the northwest, joined by an isthmus about wide. There are several landlocked hypersaline lagoons within the island, covering about . The island is surrounded by a narrow fringing reef. Its vegetation is moderately dense and consists largely of coconut palms and pandanus.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Nikunau
- Islands.image_name
- Nikunau Kiribati.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Nikunau Atoll
- Islands.map_image
- GilbertIslandsPos.png
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.pushpin_map
- Kiribati#Micronesia#Oceania#Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- Gilbert Islands
- Islands.country
- Kiribati
- Islands.population
- 1,789
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2015 census
- Islands.ethnic_groups
- I-Kiribati 99.7%
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Capital
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Utiroa
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Former capital
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Buariki
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1674
- Area
- 18.2
- Image
- Nikunau Kiribati.jpg
- Width
- 2.5
- Length
- 14.2
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Nikunau is a low coral atoll in the Gilbert Islands. It consists of two parts, with the larger in the northwest, joined by an isthmus about wide. There are several landlocked hypersaline lagoons within the island, covering about . The island is surrounded by a narrow fringing reef. Its vegetation is moderately dense and consists largely of coconut palms and pandanus.
Having been politically autonomous until the turn of the 20th century, it was incorporated into the British Colony of the Gilbert and Ellice islands, and in 1979 became part of the Republic of Kiribati. It now forms an island council of the republic.
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