or O·cean Island (ō'shən)An island of Kiribati in the west-central Pacific Ocean. First visited by the British in 1804, the island was annexed in 1900 and served as the capital of the colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands until World War II.
Banaba
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or O·cean Island (ō'shən)An island of Kiribati in the west-central Pacific Ocean. First visited by the British in 1804, the island was annexed in 1900 and served as the capital of the colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands until World War II.
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Banaba (bənä'bə) or Ocean Island, island (1990 pop. 284), 2.2 sq mi (5.7 sq km), central Pacific, in the Republic of Kiribati, in the Gilbert Islands. The island was first visited by the British in 1804, was annexed in 1900, and from 1907 was the administrative capital of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands until World War II. The inhabitants are largely Micronesians. Banaba had important phosphate deposits, but mining was discontinued in 1979.
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Ocean Island is a name given to two unrelated islands in the Pacific Ocean, and one in the Southern Ocean:
- Kure Atoll, the last atoll in the Hawaiian Islands chain.
- Banaba Island, in Kiribati, an island mined until recently for its phosphate.
- Ocean Island, in the Auckland Islands group
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