Nikumaroro
Proper noun
Meaning
Nikumaroro
uninhabited atoll in the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati
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One of the missions of the British delegation was to determine if the islands could sustain life, which would have been key if Earhart and Noonan were to survive even the earliest weeks on Nikumaroro.
Jantz’s analysis is the latest chapter in a back-and-forth that has played out about the remains, which were found in 1940 on Nikumaroro Island but are now lost.