Native name: Hull Island | |
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.JPG) Lush Orona Island, part of the remote Phoenix Islands Protected Area | |
 NASA Satellite Imagery | |
  Orona Location of Orona in Kiribati and the Pacific Ocean  Orona Orona (Oceania) | |
| Geography | |
| Archipelago | Phoenix Islands |
| Area | 3.9 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
Kiribati | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Orona atoll, also known as Hull Island,[1] is one of the Phoenix Islands in the Republic of Kiribati. It measures approximately 8.8 km (5 mi) by 4 km (2 mi), and like Kanton, is a narrow ribbon of land surrounding a sizable lagoon with depths of 15–20 metres (49–66 ft). Numerous passages connect the lagoon to the surrounding ocean, only a couple of which will admit even a small boat. Total land area is 3.9 km2 (2 sq mi), and the maximum elevation is nine metres.
Kiribati declared the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in 2006, with the park being expanded in 2008. The 164,200-square-mile (425,300-square-kilometer) marine reserve contains eight coral atolls including Orano.[2][3]
Although occupied at various times during the past, including as late as 2004,[4] Orona is uninhabited today.
- ^ Kiribati Constitution of 12 July 1979
- ^ Brian Clark Howard (16 June 2014). "Pacific Nation Bans Fishing in One of World's Largest Marine Parks". National Geographic News. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Phoenix Islands Protected Area". Government of Kiribati. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Resture, Jane. "Hull Island - Phoenix Group". Jane Resture. Retrieved 25 January 2015.