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Phoenix Islands
The
Phoenix Islands
are a group of eight
atolls
and two submerged
coral
reefs
, lying in the central
Pacific Ocean
east of the
Gilbert Islands
and west of the
Line Islands
. They are a part of the
Republic of Kiribati
. During the late 1930s they became the site of the last attempted colonial expansion of the
British Empire
through the
Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme
. The
Phoenix Islands Protected Area
, established in 2008, is one of the world's largest
protected areas
, and home to some 120 species of coral and more than 500 species of fish.
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