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On September 20, 1979, representatives of the newly independent Republic of
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met in
Tarawa Tarawa is an atoll and the capital of the Republic of Kiribati,Kiribati
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In this treaty, the U.S. acknowledged Kiribati sovereignty over fourteen islands. The treaty was approved by the U.S. Senate on June 21, 1983. The treaty came into force on September 23, 1983, by the exchange of the instruments of ratification, which took place at
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.Text of the Treat
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/ref> This, together with British cessation of claims, ended the
Canton and Enderbury Islands The Canton and Enderbury Islands consist of the coral atolls of Canton Island (also Kanton) and Enderbury in the northeastern part of the Phoenix Islands, about 1,850 miles (3,000 km) south of Hawaii in the central Pacific Ocean. History ...
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, which had begun under the terms of the
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. In Art. 3 the US have reserved the right to maintain military bases on the Islands of Canton, Enderbury or Hull.


Islands mentioned in the treaty

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Birnie Island Birnie Island is a small, uninhabited coral island, in area, part of the Phoenix Island group, that is part of the Republic of Kiribati. It is located about southeast of Kanton Island and west-northwest of Rawaki Island, formerly known as Pho ...
* Canton (Kanton) *
Caroline Island Caroline Island (also known as Caroline Atoll or Millennium Island) is the easternmost of several uninhabited coral atolls comprising the southern Line Islands in the central Pacific Ocean nation of Kiribati. The atoll was first sighted by Eu ...
* Christmas (Kiritimati) *
Enderbury Island Enderbury Island, also known as Ederbury Island or Guano Island, is a small, uninhabited atoll 63 km ESE of Kanton Island in the Pacific Ocean at . It is about 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and 3 miles (4.8 km) long, with a reef stretchin ...
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Flint Island Flint Island is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Southern Line Islands under the jurisdiction of Kiribati. In 2014 the Kiribati government established a exclusion zone around each of the southern Line ...
* Gardner (Nikumaroro) * Hull (Orona) *
Malden Island Malden Island, sometimes called Independence Island in the 19th century, is a low, arid, uninhabited atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, about in area. It is one of the Line Islands belonging to the Republic of Kiribati. The lagoon is enti ...
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McKean Island McKean Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Phoenix Islands, Republic of Kiribati. Its area is . Kiribati declared the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in 2006, with the park being expanded in 2008. The 164,200-square-mile (425,300-squar ...
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Rawaki Island Rawaki is one of the Phoenix Islands in the Republic of Kiribati, also known by its previous name of Phoenix Island. It is a small, uninhabited atoll, approximately in size and in area, with a shallow, brackish lagoon that is not connected to t ...
* Starbuck Island *
Manra Island Manra (previously: ''Sydney Island''), is one of the Phoenix Islands in the Republic of Kiribati. It lies at . longitude, and has an area of . and an elevation of approximately six metres. Together with the seven other Phoenix Islands, it for ...
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Vostok Island Vostok Island is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Line Islands belonging to Kiribati. Other names for the island include Anne Island, Bostock Island, Leavitts Island, Reaper Island, Wostock Island or Wostok ...


See also

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Line Islands The Line Islands, Teraina Islands or Equatorial Islands (in Gilbertese, ''Aono Raina'') are a chain of 11 atolls (with partly or fully enclosed lagoons) and coral islands (with a surrounding reef) in the central Pacific Ocean, south of the Haw ...
— ''divided by the treaty''. *
Howland and Baker islands Howland Island and Baker Island are two uninhabited U.S. atolls in the Equatorial Pacific that are located close to one another. Both islands are wildlife refuges, the larger of which is Howland Island. They are both part of the larger politic ...
— ''U.S. possessions not included in the treaty''.


References

{{Reflist , refs = {{cite web , url = http://www.trussel.com/kir/treaty.htm , title = Treaty of friendship between the United States of America and the Republic of Kiribati , quote = Advise and consent to ratification by the Senate June 21, 1983; , accessdate = 2018-01-18 History of Kiribati Kiribati–United States relations Treaties of Kiribati Treaties of the United States Treaties concluded in 1979 Treaties entered into force in 1983 International territorial disputes of the United States 1979 in Kiribati 1979 in the United States Disputed islands of Oceania Guano Islands Act Line Islands United States Minor Outlying Islands Line Islands (Kiribati)