Ports: none; offshore anchorage only
Airports: lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938
Defense ———-
Defense note: defense is the responsibility of the US
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@Kiribati ————
Map —-
Location: 1 25 N, 173 00 E — Oceania, group of islands in the
Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator and the International Date
Line, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia
Flag ——
Description: the upper half is red with a yellow frigate bird flying over a yellow rising sun, and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean