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Takarano is a the most northern village on Abaiang, atoll in Kiribati. [1] Ubanteman is the village to its south.

Abaiang atoll

Abaiang, also known as Apaiang, Apia, and in the past, Charlotte Island, in the Northern Gilbert Islands, is a coral atoll of Kiribati, located in the west-central Pacific Ocean. Abaiang was the home of the first missionary to arrive in Kiribati, Hiram Bingham II. Abaiang has a population of 5,502.

Atoll Ring-shaped coral reef, generally formed over a subsiding oceanic volcano, with a central lagoon and perhaps islands around the rim

An atoll, sometimes called a coral atoll, is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. The coral of the atoll often sits atop the rim of an extinct seamount or volcano which has eroded or subsided partially beneath the water. The lagoon forms over the volcanic crater or caldera while the higher rim remains above water or at shallow depths that permit the coral to grow and form the reefs. For the atoll to persist, continued erosion or subsidence must be at a rate slow enough to permit reef growth upwards and outwards to replace the lost height.

Kiribati island nation in the central Pacific Ocean

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There are 348 residents of Takarano (2010 census). [1] The village has a medical clinic that is staffed by a Nursing Officer and the clinic is accessed by resident of the Takarano and Ubwanteman community. [1]

At the northern point of Takarano, extreme erosion has been experienced on both the ocean side of the tip of the island and in the lagoon side the coast has eroded and accreted over the years. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "4. Abaiang" (PDF). Office of Te Beretitent - Republic of Kiribati Island Report Series. 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2015.

Coordinates: 1°57′N172°55′E / 1.950°N 172.917°E / 1.950; 172.917

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