Butaritari is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean island nation of Kiribati. The atoll is roughly four-sided. The south and southeast portion of the atoll comprises...

language and traditions. In 1606 Pedro Fernandes de Queirós sighted Butaritari and Makin, which he named the Buen Viaje ('good trip' in Spanish) Islands...

Butaritari Airport (IATA: BBG, ICAO: NGTU) is an airport on Butaritari in the Pacific Ocean island nation of Kiribati. Butaritari Atoll Airport was built...

located six km northeast of the northeastern corner of Butaritari atoll reef and 6.9 km from the Butaritari islet of Namoka. It is a linear reef feature, 12...

particularly noted amongst Butaritari and Makin inhabitants. Traditionally, Butaritari and Makin were ruled by a chief who lived on Butaritari (called Makin or...

eve of invasion, the Japanese garrison on Makin Atoll's main island, Butaritari, numbered 806 men: 284 naval ground troops of the 6th Special Naval Landing...

Northern Kiribati (Makin, Butaritari, Marakei, Abaiang, Tarawa, Maiana, Kuria, Abemama and Aranuka) Butaritari/Makin (Butaritari and Makin) Nuian (Tuvalu)...

Corps Raiders on Japanese military forces on Makin Island (now known as Butaritari) in the Pacific Ocean. The aim was to destroy Imperial Japanese installations...

Fernandes de Queirós sighted two of the islands in the Gilbert island group: Butaritari and Makin, which he named the Buen Viaje Islands (‘good trip’ islands...

(Including the Islands of Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tamana...

Islands. Early the following morning, she sent the Raiders ashore on Butaritari Island in rubber boats rigged with outboard motors. At 07:03, she provided...

troops of the South Seas Detachment on Tarawa and Makin Islands (now Butaritari and Makin), a few days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, in order to protect...

known to U.S. military forces during World War II as "Little Makin" Butaritari, an atoll in Kiribati known to U.S. military forces during World War II...

Makin Island may refer to: Butaritari, an atoll in Kiribati known to U.S. military forces during World War II as "Makin Atoll" and "Makin Island" Makin...

Treaty of Tarawa. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, during World War II, Butaritari and Tarawa, and others of the Northern Gilbert group, were occupied by...

Tetabea (Betio), Line and Phoenix Islands Development Hon. Tiim Taekiti (Butaritari) Hon. Timbo Keariki (Kiritimati) Hon. Tewareka Boorau (Beru) Hon. Michael...

Bay was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-175 and sank southwest of Butaritari Island on 24 November 1943. Mullinnix was built by the Bethlehem Steel...

of the Red River was the border between the two. Atafu, Birnie Island, Butaritari, Caroline Island, Fanning Island, Flint Island, Gardner Island, Canton...

Aranuka Airport Arorae - Arorae Airport Beru Island - Beru Airport Butaritari - Butaritari Airport Kuria - Kuria Airport Maiana - Maiana Airport Makin- Makin...

stayed with the rest of her task force as Marines mopped up resistance on Butaritari Island. The invasion of the Gilbert Islands had caught the Japanese command...

– Aranuka Airport Arorae – Arorae Airport Beru – Beru Airport Butaritari – Butaritari Airport Kuria – Kuria Airport Maiana – Maiana Airport Makin – Makin...

Sunk 24 November 1943. Submarine torpedo launched from IJN I-175 SW off Butaritari (Makin). CVE-73 Gambier Bay Sunk 25 October 1944. Concentrated surface...

Urban Council (TUC) of South Tarawa Northern Gilbert Islands Abaiang Butaritari Makin Marakei Central Gilbert Islands Abemama Aranuka Kuria Maiana Southern...

was a unit of the fire support and covering forces in the invasion of Butaritari, known to the Americans during World War II as "Makin Island" or "Makin...

Banaba 42.4 19.6 29.5 8.5 Beru 26.4 3.8 3.0 66.8* Betio 56.1 29.5* 5.6 8.8 Butaritari 37.6 53.7 2.1 6.6 Kiritimati 32.4 32.3 21.9 11.5 Kuria 70.9 16.3 3.7 3...

a voyage in 1889 with Lloyd on the trading schooner Equator, visiting Butaritari, Mariki, Apaiang and Abemama in the Gilbert Islands. They spent several...

they arrived off Makin on 20 November, and Pennsylvania opened fire on Butaritari Island that morning at a range of 14,200 yards (13,000 m), beginning the...

Giant swamp taro plantation in Butaritari, Kiribati....

Jaluit atolls, all in the Marshalls; and Yorktown raided Makin Atoll (Butaritari) in the Gilberts. These raids on February 1, 1942 did not cause severe...

centered on the carrier USS Yorktown, attacked Jaluit, Mili, and Makin (Butaritari) islands. The Yorktown aircraft inflicted moderate damage to the Japanese...