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PHOENIX ISLANDS

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 458 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PHOENIX ISLANDS  , a
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group of eight small islands in the Pacific Ocean, about 3° S., and 172° W., belonging to
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Great
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Britain . They have a
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land
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area about 16 sq. m. and a
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population of 6o . Their names are
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Phoenix,
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Gardner (Kemin),
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Hull,
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Sydney, Birnie, Enderbury,
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Canton (
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Mary) and McKean . To the
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north-
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west of the group (between the
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equator and 1° N.)
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lie two more islets—Baker and Howland . The islands were annexed by Great Britain in 1889-1882 .

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