Proper noun
Phoenix Islands
a group of eight mostly uninhabited atolls and two submerged coral reefs in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Republic of Kiribati; geographically, the United States unincorporated territories of Baker and Howland Island are often considered northerly outliers from this group
In 2000, Gregory Stone, an oceanographer at the New England Aquarium, went diving in the Phoenix Islands, an uninhabited archipelago belonging to Kiribati in the remote central 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
The Phoenix Islands were added in 1937 and the five islands of the Central and Southern Line Islands were added in 1972. Source: Internet
This was signed shortly after independence and ratified in 1983, the United States relinquishing all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix Islands and those of the Line Islands that are part of Kiribati territory. Source: Internet
Thomas, 14 Corals reefs, part of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area Seaweed farming is an important part of the economy, with two major species Eucheuma alcarezii and Eucheuma spinosium introduced to the local lagoons from the Philippines in 1977. Source: Internet