A solitary raised coral island west of the Gilbert Island Chain, it is the westernmost point of Kiribati, lying 185 miles (298 km) east of Nauru, which is also its nearest neighbour.

Banaba, coral and phosphate formation, part of Kiribati, in the west-central Pacific Ocean. It is located 250 miles (400 km) west of the nearest Gilbert Islands and has a circumference of about 6 miles (10 km). Banaba is the location of the highest point in Kiribati, reaching 285 feet (87 metres)

2018年10月8日 · In the Pacific Ocean, halfway between Papua New Guinea and Hawaii, there is a small island named Banaba belonging to a scattered group of islands called the Gilberts. Before European contact, Banaba was a beautiful coral island rich in animal and plant life and with a thriving community that shared close links to people of Kiribati.

2015年10月14日 · “I am 76 years old, but still, in my mind and in my heart, I am on Ocean Island.” Tabunawati was born on Banaba, also known as Ocean Island, a coral island once rich in phosphate deposits in the central Pacific. But like many Banabans, he’s …

2021年6月11日 · BANABA (THE GUARDIAN) — The last decent rain on Banaba was more than a year ago. Without rain, people on the isolated central Pacific island, which is part of the country of Kiribati, have been forced to rely on a desalination plant for all their water for drinking, bathing and growing crops.

2016年8月12日 · Banaba Island is lush when there isn't a drought--but every three to four years, most of the island's vegetation dies out in the devastating droughts. All photographs by Janice Cantieri. Drought is a way of life on Banaba—a way of life Taboree Biremon knows all too well.

The Banabans are the 'Forgotten People of the Pacific'. Their island, Banaba (Ocean Island) suffered from one of the greatest ecological and environmental disasters over the past century.

2015年11月24日 · Banaba covers only 6 km 2 (2.3 sq mi), but is still one of the larger islands of Kiribati, a country mostly composed of tiny coral atolls scattered across an enormous expanse of oceanic space. Only 335 people lived on the island as of 2012.

2016年5月5日 · The land below the surface of Banaba, a Pacific island nearly 200 miles from any other civilization, is riddled with te bangabanga. For centuries, the Banabans relied on fresh water from these caves for survival during long periods of drought on the isolated island.

Banaba Island, also known as Ocean Island, is a small island which is located in the vast Pacific Ocean, and it is part of the Republic of Kiribati. Being one of the most western points of the island nation, Banaba is a single coral island which is raised above the sea surface, and interestingly enough, it has the highest point of the small ...