Gilbert Islands
The Gilbert Islands are a chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Papua New Guinea and Hawaii. They constitute the main part of the nation of Kiribati.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Tarawa
Tarawa is an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, and the location of the capital of Kiribati.Abemama
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Abemama, Gilbert Islands, the land of the moon-light, is an atoll in Kiribati.
Abaiang
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Abaiang is an island in the Polynesian country of Kiribati.
Destinations
Butaritari
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Butaritari is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean island nation of Kiribati.
Marakei
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Marakei is an island in Kiribati. Marakei Island is unique among the islands in the Gilbert Group for being the island with a deep blue lagoon located in the middle of it.
Nonouti
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Nonouti is an atoll and district of Kiribati. Nestled among the islands in the southern Gilbert…
Kuria
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Kuria forms the central point of the chain of islands in Kiribati.
Gilbert Islands
- Type: island group of Kiribati with 83,700 residents
- Description: chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean
- Categories: archipelago and administrative territorial entity
- Location: Kiribati, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
1.42° or 1° 25' 12" northLongitude of centre
172.984° or 172° 59' 2" eastPopulation
83,700GeoNames ID
2110215Wikidata ID
Q271876Gilbert Islands Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: جزر جلبرت
- Arabic: جزر غيلبرت
- Armenian: Գիլբերտի կղզիներ
- Basque: Gilbert Uharteak
- Basque: Gilbert uharteak
- Belarusian: Астравы Гілберта
- Breton: Tungaru
- Bulgarian: Гилбъртови острови
- Catalan: Illes Gilbert
- Cebuano: Gilbert Islands (kapuloan)
- Cebuano: Gilbert Islands
- Chechen: Гилбертан гӀайренаш
- Chinese: 吉尔伯特群岛
- Chinese: 吉爾伯特群島
- Chinese: 吉爾柏特群島
- Chinese: 驕拔群島
- Croatian: Gilbertovi otoci
- Croatian: Gilbertovo otočje
- Czech: Gilbertovy ostrovy
- Danish: Gilbertøerne
- Dutch: Gilberteilanden
- English: Gilberts
- English: King's-Mill Islands
- English: Kingsmill
- English: Kingsmill Group
- English: Tungaru
- Esperanto: Gilbertoj
- Estonian: Gilberti saared
- Estonian: Tungaru
- Finnish: Gilbert-saaret
- Finnish: Gilbertsaaret
- French: Gilbert Islands
- French: Iles Gilbert
- French: Kingsmill Islands
- French: Tungaru
- French: Îles Gilbert
- French: îles Gilbert
- Galician: Illas Gilbert
- Georgian: გილბერტის კუნძულები
- German: Gilbert-Inseln
- German: Gilbertinseln
- German: Gilberts
- German: KI-G
- German: Kingsmill Islands
- German: Tungaru
- Greek: Νησιά Γκίλμπερτ
- Hebrew: איי גילברט
- Hindi: गिल्बर्ट द्वीप समूह
- Hungarian: Gilbert-szigetek
- Icelandic: Gilbertseyjar
- Indonesian: Kepulauan Gilbert
- Italian: Gilberts
- Italian: Isole Gilbert
- Japanese: キングスミル
- Japanese: キングスミル群島
- Japanese: ギルバート諸島
- Japanese: トゥンガル
- Kannada: ಗಿಲ್ಬರ್ಟ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು
- Kazakh: Гилберт аралдары
- Kirghiz: Гилберт аралдары
- Korean: 길버트 제도
- Latin: Insulae Gilbertenses
- Latvian: Gilberta salas
- Limburgan: Gilberteilenj
- Lithuanian: Gilberto salos
- Macedonian: Гилбертови Острови
- Marathi: गिल्बर्ट द्वीपसमूह
- Mingrelian: გილბერტიშ კოკეფი
- Norwegian: Gilbertøyene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Gilbertøyene
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Gilbertøyane
- Persian: جزایر گیلبرت
- Polish: Tungaru
- Polish: Wyspy Gilberta
- Polish: Wyspy Gillberta
- Portuguese: Ilhas Gilbert
- Russian: Гилберта острова
- Russian: Гильбертовы острова
- Russian: Острова Гилберта
- Serbo-Croatian: Gilbertova ostrva
- Serbo-Croatian: Gilbertovi otoci
- Serbo-Croatian: Otočje Gilbert
- Slovak: Gilbertove ostrovy
- Slovenian: Gilbertovi otoki
- Spanish: Islas Gilbert
- Swedish: Gilbertöarna
- Tagalog: Kapuluang Gilbert
- Tamil: கில்பர்ட்டு தீவுக்கூட்டம்
- Tatar: Гилберт утраулары
- Thai: Gilbert Islands
- Thai: หมู่เกาะกิลเบิร์ต
- Turkish: Gilbert Adaları
- Ukrainian: Острови Гілберта
- Uzbek: Gilbert orollari
- Vietnamese: Quần đảo Gilbert
- Vietnamese: Quần đảo Kingsmill
- Welsh: Gilbert Islands
- Welsh: Gilberts
- Welsh: Kings-Mill Islands
- Welsh: Kingsmill
- Welsh: Tungaru
- Welsh: Ynysoedd Gilbert
- Wu Chinese: 吉尔伯特群岛
- Yue Chinese: 驕拔群島
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