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Explore Kanton Village in Kiribati

Kanton Village in the region of Phoenix Islands with its 41 inhabitants is a town in Kiribati - some 1,095 mi or ( 1762 km ) East of South Tarawa , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Kanton Village is now 07:33 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Pacific/Enderbury " with a UTC offset of 13 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: and . Since you are here already, make sure to check out . Where to go and what to see in Kanton Village ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Canton Island Airport

Canton Island Airport is an airport located on Kanton Island, in the Phoenix Islands, in the Republic of Kiribati. It has a single runway 6,230 feet in length, paved with asphalt. Though it was once a major stop on commercial trans-Pacific airline routes, it currently has no commercial airline service.

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Located at -2.77 -171.71 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II, Airports in Kiribati, USAAF Air Transport Command Airfields - Pacific

Kanton Island

Kanton Island (also known as Canton Island or Abariringa Island), alternatively known as "Mary Island", "Mary Balcout's Island" or "Swallow Island", is the largest, northernmost, and as of 2007, the sole inhabited island of the Phoenix Islands, in the Republic of Kiribati. It is an atoll located in the South Pacific Ocean roughly halfway between Hawaii and Fiji at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:2|50|S|171|40|W||| | |name= }}.

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Located at -2.83 -171.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: History of Kiribati, Islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act, Phoenix Islands (Kiribati), Treaty of Tarawa