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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...
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Butaritari Airport (IATA: BBG, ICAO: NGTU) is an
airport on
Butaritari in the
Pacific Ocean island nation of Kiribati.
Butaritari Atoll Airport was built...
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language and traditions. In 1606
Pedro Fernandes de Queirós
sighted Butaritari and Makin,
which he
named the Buen
Viaje ('good trip' in Spanish) Islands...
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particularly noted amongst Butaritari and
Makin inhabitants. Traditionally,
Butaritari and
Makin were
ruled by a
chief who
lived on
Butaritari (called
Makin or...
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Northern Kiribati (Makin,
Butaritari, Marakei, Abaiang, Tarawa, Maiana, Kuria,
Abemama and Aranuka)
Butaritari/Makin (
Butaritari and Makin)
Nuian (Tuvalu)...
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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 ****anese
garrison on
Makin Atoll's main island,
Butaritari,
numbered 806 men: 284
naval ground troops of the 6th
Special Naval Landing...
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Corps Raiders on ****anese
military forces on
Makin Island (now
known as
Butaritari) in the
Pacific Ocean. The aim was to
destroy Imperial ****anese installations...
- (Including the
Islands of Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru,
Butaritari, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, ****uti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tamana...
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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...
