Flint Island

Flint Island
Nasa satellite image of Flint Island
Flint Island
Location of Flint Island in Kiribati
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates11°25′49″S 151°49′08″W / 11.43028°S 151.81889°W / -11.43028; -151.81889
TypeLow-Coral
ArchipelagoLine Islands
Area2.6 km2 (1.0 sq mi)
Length4,086 m (13406 ft)
Highest elevation7.6 m (24.9 ft)
Administration
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited
Additional information
Time zone
  • UTC+14

11°25′48″S 151°49′9.12″W / 11.43000°S 151.8192000°W / -11.43000; -151.8192000

Flint Island is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Southern Line Islands under the jurisdiction of Kiribati. In 2014 the I-Kiribati government established a twelve-nautical-mile (22-kilometre; 14-mile) exclusion zone around each of the southern Line Islands (Caroline, Flint, Vostok, Malden, and Starbuck) preventing fishing in the surrounding waters.