Teraina, also known as Washington Island (both names are constitutional) is a coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean and part of the Northern Line Islands which belongs to Kiribati. Obsolete names of Teraina are Prospect Island and New York Island. The island is located approximately 4.71° North latitude and 160.76° West longitude. Teraina differs from most other atolls in the world as it has a large freshwater lake (Washington Lake) concealed ...
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Teraina, also known as Washington Island (both names are constitutional) is a coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean and part of the Northern Line Islands which belongs to Kiribati. Obsolete names of Teraina are Prospect Island and New York Island. The island is located approximately 4.71° North latitude and 160.76° West longitude. Teraina differs from most other atolls in the world as it has a large freshwater lake (Washington Lake) concealed within its luxuriant Coconut Palm forest; this is the only permanent freshwater lake in the whole of Kiribati.
Measuring about 5.4 km (3.4 mi) by 2.1 km (1.3 mi) NW-SE and SW-NE, it has a land area of about 14 km² (c.5.5 mi²); its circumference is about 15 km (9 mi). The island is generally low-lying, with a maximum elevation ASL of about 5 meters (15 ft), while most rises some 3 meters (9-10 ft) high; trees in the dense inland forest grow to several times this height however. At the western end of the island is the capital, Tangkore (or...
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