Marine Atlas: Maximizing Benefits for Kiribati

170°E

175°E

180°

160°W

155°W

KIRIBATI BIOREGIONS

Deepwater bioregions

North Kingman Reef

5°N

Reef associated bioregions

Butaritari associated reefs Washington Island Fanning and Tautua Islands North Gibert Atolls Christmas Islands and nearby Atolls Nonouti and South Gibert Atolls

East West Kingman and Palmyra

Victoria Fracture Zone

Seamounts of Micronesia

Washington Island and Christmas Ridge

Nauru Marshall and Gilbert Abyssal

North East Christmas Boarder

Tarawa

Tabuaeran Fanning Deep

East West Christmas Islands Boarders

East West Christmas Islands Boarders

Kiribati - Howard and Baker Island Abyssal Range

Winslow Reef

Kiritimati Deep

0°

Ocean Island

Central Gilbert

Canton to Phoenix Islands Chain McKean to Manra Cluster Flint and South Islands

High Seas Line Island Group & Menard Ridge

South Christmas Island

Rungata, Tamana and Arorae Deep

South (Banaba) Ocean Island

Jarvis Deep

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200 km

Copyright © MACBIO Map produced by GRID-Arendal Sources : Becker et al, 2009; Smith and Sandwell, 1997. Wendt H, et al, (in prep).

South Nauru and Gilbert Boarder

South Gilbert Boarder

East Line Islands and French Polynesia Northern Tip

Gilbert, Tuvalu High Seas

Malden and Schlanger

5°S

(Line Group)

Boudeuse Ridge

5°S

0°

Dolmah

Starbuck and high seas

Nova Trough and Celestial Seamount

Penrhyn Basin

Northeast Phoenix and High Seas

Penrhyn Basin

Cook Island - Kiribati Abyssal Range

Rungata, Tamana and Arorae DeeP

Phoenix Seamounts

10°S

Cook Island - Kiribati Abyssal Range

5°S

Gardner Island and North Cooks Boarder

Flint and Vostok Islands Deep

Northeast Tuvalu to Southern Phoenix Boarder

Cook Island - Kiribati Abyssal Range

Lakina to Northern Tokelau Submerged Seamounts

Line, Cooks and French Polynesia High Seas

175°W

170°W

MAXIMIZING BENEFITS FOR KIRIBATI

OCEAN VALUES

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