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...

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

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

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...

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)...

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

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...

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...

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...

nominations on 24 July 2024 - Tinian Reiher and Alexander Teabo from Butaritari, Bootii Nauan from South Tabiteuea and Tekeeua Tarati from Tamana. All...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

Northern Gilbert Islands ambilineal descent systems are evident in both Butaritari and Makin. In both groups ambilineal descent is understood through land...

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...

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

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...

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...

and then Rakahanga (Northern Cook Islands), and the Buen Viaje Islands (Butaritari and Makin) in the present-day island nation of Kiribati. It is also probable...

Islands. They continued on via Abemama, Kuria, Aranuka, Tarawa, Abaiang, Butaritari, and Makin without attempting to land on shore. They reached Canton on...