Proper noun
Line Islands
A chain of eleven atolls and low coral islands in the central Pacific Ocean, stretching for almost 2,500 km; eight of the islands form part of Kiribati, while the remaining three are US territories grouped with the United States Minor Outlying Islands.
Geography Kiribati includes Kiritimati (Christmas Atoll; in the Line Islands), the largest coral atoll (in terms of land area, not dimensions) in the world, and Banaba (Ocean Island), one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific. Source: Internet
The Line Islands, including Christmas Island (later spelled Kiritimati ) and Fanning Island (Tabuaeran), were added to the colony in 1919 and the Phoenix Islands were added in 1937. Source: Internet
In 1995, Kiribati unilaterally moved the international date line far to the east to encompass the Line Islands group, so that the nation would no longer be divided by the date line, courted controversy. Source: Internet
Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in the Line Islands is the world's largest atoll. Source: Internet
Some communications, transport and logistics facilities, however, were converted for civilian use and it is due to these installations that Kiritimati came to serve as the administrative center for the Line Islands. Source: Internet
The group is geographically divided into three subgroups; The Northern, Central, and Southern Line Islands. Source: Internet