Starbuck Island
Starbuck Island (or Volunteer Island) is a coral atoll in the central Pacific. It is part of the Central Line Islands of Kiribati. No one lives on the island.
Geography, flora and fauna
[change | change source]Starbuck Island is located at 5°38′30″S 155°52′40″W / 5.64167°S 155.87778°W. It is 8.9 kilometres (5.5 mi) east-to-west and 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) north-to-south. The island has a land area of 1,620 hectares (4,000 acres).[1] It is a low, dry, coral limestone island. It has a steep beach.
There is no freshwater on the island. Each year, the island gets about 800 millimetres (31 in) of rain.[1]
Starbuck Island has a large colony of Sooty Terns. It is estimated that 1.5 million pairs of the birds live on the island. The island is also a home to Polynesian Rats, feral cats, Green turtles and about fifteen other species of seabirds.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wetlands/starbuck.htm Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 7 July 2008.
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