Kiritimati

**Kiritimati** atau **Pulau 'Christmas** adalah sebuah atol di Lautan Pasifik yang terletak di utara Kepulauan Line dan membentuk sebahagian dari Republik Kiribati.

Pulau ini mempunyai luas daratan yang terbesar berbanding dengan mana-mana atol terumbu karang di dunia: iaitu kira-kira ; lagunnya mempunyai keluasan yang lebih kurang sama. Atol ini memiliki ukuran perimeter sepanjang , sementara garis pantai lagun mengunjur lebih dari . Pulau Christmas membentuk lebih 70% daripada keseluruhan luas daratan di Kiribati, sebuah negara yang terdiri daripada 33 buah atol dan pulau.

Pulau Kiritimati (Christmas) dikenali dengan kaedah penangkapan ikan menggunakan tulang. Ia juga memiliki tempat pemerhatian burung dan meluncur yang terbaik.

## Nota

## Rujukan
*  (2007): Tuamotu Sandpiper Species Factsheet. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
* Boston Globe, (February 1920).
* Paul Boulagnon (2003), Emmanuel Rougier: Des Isles d'Auvergne a l'Océanie (Fidji, Tahiti, Christmas Island)
*  (1784): [Birds of Christmas Island]. *In: A voyage to the Pacific Ocean, ... performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and the Discovery, etc.* **2**: 188-189. London. JPEG fulltext of 2nd (1785) edition
*  (2008): DNA damage to nuclear test vets prompts call for study of children . Version of 2008-JAN-15. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
*  (2004): Analysis of the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Procellariformes based on complete nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome *b* gene. *[[Emu (journal)|Emu]]* **104**(2): 125-147.  (HTML abstract)
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* Sheers, Owen 2008. "Bomb gone". Granta 101
*  (2006): *Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds*. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-77142-3
*  (1877): Some Account of the Natural History of the Fanning Group of Islands. *[[American Naturalist|Am. Nat.]]* **11**(2): 65-72. [First page image](http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0147(187702)11%3A2%3C65%3ASAOTNH%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C)
*  (1919): Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the tropical Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz, on the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from August, 1899, to March, 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U.S.N., commanding. *Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology* **63**: 151-225.
*  (1970): The systematic relationships of *Aechmorhynchus*, *Prosobonia* and *Phegornis* (Charadriiformes; Charadrii). *[[Auk (journal)|Auk]]* **87**: 760-780. DjVu fulltext  PDF fulltext 
* Cole, S (2010).  "Surf Travel: Merry Christmas Island - Finding North Swells in the Central Pacific".

## Pautan luar
*Natural History Museum : William Ellis' plate 64 - the only Kiritimati Sandpiper specimen ever studied by scientists. Retrieved 11 September 2006.
* Photos of British nuclear tests off Christmas Island
* Royal Engineers Museum Royal Engineers and the Cold War (Nuclear tests on Christmas Island)
* Various pictures of Kiritimati
* Kiribati National Tourism Office - http://www.kiribatitourism.gov.ki