Tebua Tarawa
Geography | |
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Coordinates | 3°20′15″N 172°58′52″E / 3.3375°N 172.9810°E |
Archipelago | Tarawa Atoll |
Administration | |
Kiribati |
![]() | This article's factual accuracy is disputed. (July 2020) |
Tebua Tarawa was an island of the Republic of Kiribati. It was part of the Tarawa Atoll, which is part of the main chain of islands. It originally was popular with fishermen. In the 1990s, rising seas posed a threat to it. It remained uninhabited when it disappeared in 1999, along with the island Abanuea.[1][2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kiribati: How Real is the Possibility of Relocating an Entire Country? | The Basement Geographer". basementgeographer.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
- ^ "Islands disappear under rising seas". BBC. 1999-06-14. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
- ^ Vidal, John (25 November 2005). "Pacific Atlantis: first climate change refugees". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024.
Two uninhabited Kiribati islands, Tebua Tarawa and Abanuea, disappeared underwater in 1999, according to the South Pacific regional environment programme.
- ^ Stephenson, Marcus L. (2023). Routledge Handbook on Tourism and Small Island States in the Pacific. Routledge. p. 269. doi:10.4324/9780429019968-22. ISBN 9781032323909.
According to South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, two small, uninhabited Kiribati islets, Tebua Tarawa and Abanuea, disappeared underwater in 1999 (Kirby 1999).