Canton Island (also known as Kanton or Abariringa), previously known as Mary Island, Mary Balcout's Island or Swallow Island, is the largest, northernmost, and as of 2020[update], the sole inhabited island of the Phoenix Islands, in the Republic of Kiribati. It is an atoll located in the South Pacific Ocean roughly halfway between Hawaii and Fiji. The island is a narrow ribbon of land around a lagoon; an area of 40 km2 (15 sq mi). Canton's closest neighbour is the uninhabited Enderbury Island, 63 km (39 mi) west-southwest. The capital of Kiribati, South Tarawa, lies 1,765 km (1,097 mi) to the west. As of 2015[update], the population was 20, down from 61 in 2000.[1][2] The island's sole village, Tebaronga, is located on the northwest point, below the airstrip.
Kiribati declared the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in 2006, with the park being expanded in 2008. The 425,300 km2 (164,200 sq mi) marine reserve contains eight coral atolls, including Canton.[3][4] Because it is inhabited, management of Canton Island is described in the Canton Resource Use Sustainability Plan (KRUSP), which covers a 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi) radius around the atoll. Over 50% of the island and lagoon are protected in a conservation zone.[5]
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^Adam Smith, Paul Marshall, Nathan Cook (December 2017). "Kanton Resource Use Sustainability Plan". ResearchGate. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.34466.99528.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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lives. Only three of the Line Islands are inhabited, while the Phoenix Islands are uninhabited apart from CantonIsland (20 people) and had no official...
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