Canton and Enderbury Islands

Canton and Enderbury Islands
1939–1979
Flags of Canton and Enderbury Islands
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Canton and Enderbury Islands
Canton and Enderbury Islands
CapitalTebaronga
GovernmentCondominium under the administration of the United States and the United Kingdom
History 
• Established
6 April 1939
• UK cession/
US evacuation
12 July 1979
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Kiribati

The Canton and Enderbury Islands consist of the coral atolls of Canton Island (also Kanton) and Enderbury in the northeastern part of the Phoenix Islands, about 1,850 miles (3,000 km) south of Hawaii in the central Pacific Ocean.