NASA orbital photo of Malden Island (north at top)Boat landing on Malden Island with ruins of old settlement
Malden Island, sometimes called Independence Island in the 19th century, is a low, arid, uninhabited atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, about 39 km2 (15 sq mi) in area. It is one of the Line Islands belonging to the Republic of Kiribati. The lagoon is entirely enclosed by land, though it is connected to the sea by underground channels, and is quite salty.
The island is chiefly notable for its ancient stone architecture, its once-extensive deposits of phosphatic guano (exploited by Australian interests from c. 1860–1927), its former use as the site of the first British H-bomb tests (Operation Grapple, 1957), and its current importance as a protected area for breeding seabirds.
The island is designated as the Malden Island Wildlife Sanctuary.[1] In 2014 the Kiribati government established a 12-nautical-mile (14 mi; 22 km) fishing exclusion zone around each of the southern Line Islands (Caroline (commonly called Millennium), Flint, Vostok, Malden, and Starbuck).[2]
^Edward R. Lovell, Taratau Kirata & Tooti Tekinaiti (September 2002). "Status report for Kiribati's coral reefs" (PDF). Centre IRD de Nouméa. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
^Warne, Kennedy (September 2014). "A World Apart – The Southern Line Islands". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
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settlements are lost with few or no clues to their abandonment. For example, MaldenIsland, in the central Pacific, was deserted when first visited by Europeans...
Area. MaldenIsland (Closed Area), 39.3 km2 (15.2 sq mi), is a Terrestrial and Inland Waters Protected Area - Wildlife Sanctuary. Starbuck Island (Closed...
in the Line Islands of the central Pacific (3 at MaldenIsland and 6 at Kiritimati/Christmas Island); and 24 in the U.S. as part of joint test series)...
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occurred at the Montebello Islands, Emu Field and Maralinga. The British conducted testing in the Pacific Ocean at MaldenIsland and Kiritimati known at...
1 XD818 Part of No. 49 Squadron RAF and flown by Kenneth Hubbard at MaldenIsland in the Pacific during Operation Grapple in 1957, when it dropped the...
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