Editing Line Islands (section)

==List of atolls, islands and reefs==
Geographically, the Line Islands is divided into three subgroups: the Northern, Central, and Southern Line Islands (however, the Central Line Islands are sometimes grouped with the Southern Line Islands). The table below lists the islands from north to south.
{| class="wikitable"
!style="background: #DDD;" rowspan=2| [[Atoll]] / [[Island]] / [[Reef]] !!style="background: #DDD;" colspan=2| Area (km<sup>2</sup>) !!style="background: #DDD;" rowspan=2| Population<ref name="CIA UM" /> !!style="background: #DDD;" rowspan=2| Coordinates !!style="background: #DDD;" rowspan=2| Status
|-  
!style="background: #DDD;" | Land !!style="background: #DDD;" | Lagoon
|-
| style="background: #EEE;" colspan="6" align="center"| '''Northern Line Islands''' (Fanning's Group)
|- style="background: #FFF;"
| [[Kingman Reef]] ||align="right"| 0.01<ref name="CIA UM" /> ||align="right"| 60 ||align="right"| 0 || {{coord|6|24|N|162|24|W|name=Kingman Reef}} || [[Territories of the United States|U.S. territory]] ([[Territories of the United States#Incorporated vs. unincorporated territories|unincorporated]])
|- style="background: #FFF;"
| [[Palmyra Atoll]] ||align="right"| 3.9<ref name="CIA UM" /> ||align="right"| 8 ||align="right"| 4 || {{coord|5|52|N|162|6|W|name=Palmyra Atoll}} || [[Territories of the United States|U.S. territory]] ([[Territories of the United States#Incorporated vs. unincorporated territories|incorporated]])
|- style="background: #FFF;"
| [[Teraina]]<br />(Washington Island)<ref name="Ter2012">{{cite web |work=Office of Te Beretitent – Republic of Kiribati Island Report Series |title=22. Teeraina |year=2012 |url=http://www.climate.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/22_TEERAINA-revised-2012.pdf |access-date=28 April 2015 |archive-date=29 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529090552/http://www.climate.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/22_TEERAINA-revised-2012.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> ||align="right"| 9.55<ref name="Kiribati" /> ||align="right"| 2<sup>*</sup> ||align="right"| 1,155<ref name="Kiribati" /> || {{coord|4|43|N|160|24|W|name=Teraina}} || A part of [[Kiribati]]
|- style="background: #FFF;"
| [[Tabuaeran]]<br />(Fanning Island)<ref name="Tab2012">{{cite web |work=Office of Te Beretitent – Republic of Kiribati Island Report Series |title=21. Tabuaeran |year=2012 |url=http://www.climate.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/21_TABUAERAN-revised-2012.pdf |access-date=28 April 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304213605/http://www.climate.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/21_TABUAERAN-revised-2012.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>  ||align="right"| 33.73<ref name="Kiribati" /> ||align="right"| 110 ||align="right"| 2,539<ref name="Kiribati" />|| {{coord|3|52|N|159|22|W|name=Tabuaeran}} || A part of [[Kiribati]]
|- style="background: #FFF;"
| [[Kiritimati]]<br />(Christmas Island)<ref name="Kir2012">{{cite web |work=Office of Te Beretitent – Republic of Kiribati Island Report Series |title=20. Kiritimati |year=2012 |url=http://www.climate.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20_KIRITIMATI-revised-2012.pdf |access-date=28 April 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211839/http://www.climate.gov.ki/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/20_KIRITIMATI-revised-2012.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> ||align="right"| 388.39<ref name="Kiribati" /> ||align="right"| 217.61<ref name="Kiribati" /><ref name="CIA KR" /> ||align="right"| 5,115<ref name="Kiribati" />|| {{coord|1|53|N|157|24|W|name=Kiritimati}} || A part of [[Kiribati]]
|-
| style="background: #EEE;" colspan="6" align="center"| '''Central Line Islands'''
|- style="background: #FFF;"
| [[Jarvis Island]] ||align="right"| 5<ref name="CIA UM" /> ||align="right"| — ||align="right"| 0 || {{coord|0|22|S|160|03|W|name=Jarvis Island}} || [[Territories of the United States|U.S. territory]] ([[Territories of the United States#Incorporated vs. unincorporated territories|unincorporated]])
|- style="background: #FFF;"
| [[Malden Island]] ||align="right"| 39.3 ||align="right"| 13<sup>*</sup>  ||align="right"| 0 || {{coord|4|01|S|154|59|W|name=Malden Island}} || A part of [[Kiribati]]
|- style="background: #FFF;"
| [[Filippo Reef]]<br />(''existence uncertain'') ||align="right"| — ||align="right"| 1.5 ||align="right"| 0 || {{coord|5|30|S|151|50|W|name=Filippo Reef}} || Outside the I-Kiribati [[exclusive economic zone|EEZ]]
|- style="background: #FFF;"
| [[Starbuck Island]] ||align="right"| 16.2 ||align="right"| 4<sup>*</sup>  ||align="right"| 0 || {{coord|5|37|S|155|56|W|name=Starbuck Island}} || A part of [[Kiribati]]
|-
| style="background: #EEE;" colspan="6" align="center"| '''Southern Line Islands'''
|- style="background: #FFF;"
| [[Millennium Island]]<br />(Caroline Island) ||align="right"| 3.76 ||align="right"| 6.3 ||align="right"| 0 || {{coord|9|57|S|150|13|W|name=Millenium Island}} || A part of [[Kiribati]]
|- style="background: #FFF;"
| [[Vostok Island]] ||align="right"| 0.24 ||align="right"| — ||align="right"| 0 || {{coord|10|03|43|S|152|18|46|W|name=Vostok Island}} || A part of [[Kiribati]]
|- style="background: #FFF;"
| [[Flint Island]] ||align="right"| 3.2 ||align="right"| 0.01<sup>*</sup>  ||align="right"| 0 || {{coord|11|26|S|151|48|W|name=Flint Island}} || A part of [[Kiribati]]
|- style="background: #DDD;"
| '''Line Islands''' ||align="right"| 503.28 ||align="right"| 422.42 ||align="right"| 8,813 || ||
|}
Note:

<sup>*</sup>The lagoon areas marked with an asterisk are included in the land areas of the previous column because, unlike typical lagoons in atolls, they are inland waters completely sealed off from the sea.