Christmas Island, Kiribati

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Christmas_Island,_Kiribati
GPTKB entity
Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:administeredBy Republic of Kiribati
gptkbp:airport gptkb:Cassidy_International_Airport
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Kiritimati
gptkbp:area 388 km²
gptkbp:climate tropical
gptkbp:containsSettlement gptkb:London
gptkb:Poland
gptkb:Tabwakea
late 19th century
Banana
gptkbp:dateLine east of the International Date Line
gptkbp:dialCode gptkb:KI
gptkbp:discoveredBy James Cook
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1777
gptkbp:distanceFromHawaii ~2,160 km
gptkbp:distanceFromTarawa ~3,300 km
gptkbp:ecosystem gptkb:Central_Polynesian_tropical_moist_forests
gptkbp:firstToCelebrateNewYear true
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Kiritimati_Island_Council
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Christmas Island, Kiribati
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code gptkb:KI-G
gptkbp:language gptkb:Gilbertese
English
gptkbp:largestCoralAtollByLandArea true
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Kiribati
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Christmas_Island_red_crab
birdlife
fishing
gptkbp:notToBeConfusedWith gptkb:Christmas_Island_(Australia)
gptkbp:nuclearTestingBy gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:nuclearTestingPeriod 1957-1962
gptkbp:partOf Line Islands
gptkbp:population ~6,500
gptkbp:protectedArea partly
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:timezone UTC+14
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list true
gptkbp:usedForNuclearTesting true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_nuclear_tests
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7