"Gilberts" redirects here. For other uses, see Gilberts (disambiguation).
Colony of Gilbert Islands
1976–1979
Flag
Coat of arms
Anthem: "God Save the Queen"
Status
Colony of the United Kingdom
Capital
South Tarawa
Common languages
English, Gilbertese
Monarch
• 1976–1979
Elizabeth II
Governor
• 1976–1978
John Hilary Smith
• 1978–1979
Reginald James Wallace
History
• Colony
1 January[1] 1976
• Disestablished
12 July 1979
Population
• 1978
56,213
Currency
Australian dollar
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Kiribati
Today part of
Kiribati
The Gilbert Islands (Gilbertese: Tungaru;[2] formerly Kingsmill or King's-Mill Islands[3]) are a chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Papua New Guinea and Hawaii. They constitute the main part of the nation of Kiribati (the name of which is a rendering of "Gilberts" in the phonology of the indigenous Gilbertese).[2]
^W. David McIntyre. "The Partition of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands" (PDF). Island Studies Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2012. pp. 135–146. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ abReilly Ridgell. Pacific Nations and Territories: The Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia. 3rd. Ed. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1995. p. 95.
^Very often, this name applied only to the southern islands of the archipelago, the northern half being designated as the Scarborough Islands. Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam Webster, 1997. p. 594
The GilbertIslands (Gilbertese: Tungaru; formerly Kingsmill or King's-Mill Islands) are a chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean...
The Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign were a series of battles fought from August 1942 through February 1944, in the Pacific theatre of World War II...
forces occupied the islands, and from 1942 until 1945 Ocean Island which was home to the headquarters of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony (GEIC). On...
USS GilbertIslands (CVE-107) (ex-St. Andrews Bay) was a Commencement Bay-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was launched on 20 July...
brings Kiribati's easternmost islands, the southern Line Islands south of Hawaii, into the same day as the GilbertIslands and places them in the most advanced...
archipelagos—the Caroline Islands, the GilbertIslands, the Mariana Islands, and the Marshall Islands — as well as numerous islands that are not part of any...
part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony. A referendum was held in 1974 to determine whether the GilbertIslands and Ellice Islands should each have...
throughout the three island groups that form Kiribati: the Gilbert, Phoenix, and Line islands. All but one island, sparsely populated Canton Island, in the Phoenix...
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European sailors visited the islands in the 17th century. For much of the subsequent period, the main island chain, the GilbertIslands, was ruled as part of...
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into one isolated island and three archipelagos or island groups: Banaba – isolated islandGilbertIslands Line Islands Phoenix Islands Kiribati was divided...
archipelagoes (Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands). The 17 rays of the sun represent the 16 GilbertIslands and Banaba (former Ocean Island). The yellow...
South Tarawa, which is a group of islets in the atoll of Tarawa in the GilbertIslands, precisely on Bonriki. Fiji's national carrier, Fiji Airways connects...
and one raised coral island, Banaba (Ocean Island), which is an isolated island between Nauru and the GilbertIslands. The islands of Kiribati are dispersed...
Phoenix Islands, or Rawaki, are a group of eight atolls and two submerged coral reefs that lie east of the GilbertIslands and west of the Line Islands in...
GilbertIslands were naval bases built by the United States Navy in 1943 to support the World War II effort. The bases were located on in the Gilbert...
(/bəˈnɑːbə/; formerly Ocean Island) is an island of Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean. A solitary raised coral island west of the GilbertIsland Chain, it is the westernmost...
Commissioner for the Western Pacific including the GilbertIslands (as Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony). "Annual Address, 2015". Chief Justice's Chambers...
of the South Pacific. The three main island groupings are the GilbertIslands, Phoenix Islands, and Line Islands. On 1 January 1995 Kiribati moved the...
islands of Polynesia. Various names were given to individual islands by the captains and chartmakers on visiting European ships. In 1819 the island of...
the Aleutian Island chain of US territory the GilbertIslands and the Phoenix Islands of Kiribati North Island and the Kermadec Islands of New Zealand...
country became independent in 1978, after the separation from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in 1976. Like many former and current British dependencies, the...
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