Canton Island

Canton Island, previously known as "Mary Island", "Mary Balcout's Island" or "Swallow Island", is the largest, northernmost, and as of 2020, the sole inhabited island of the Phoenix Islands, in the Republic of Kiribati. It is an atoll located in the South Pacific Ocean roughly halfway between Hawaii and Fiji. The island is a narrow ribbon of land around a lagoon; an area of 40 km². Canton's closest neighbour is the uninhabited Enderbury Island, 63 km west-southwest. The capital of Kiribati, South Tarawa, lies 1,765 km to the west. As of 2015, the population was 20, down from 61 in 2000. The island's sole village is called Tebaronga. ()