Aanikai

Eanikai
island
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Coordinates: 1°9′13.18″S 174°42′53.6″E
Country	Kiribati
State	Gilbert Islands
Council of the island	Tabiteuea
Area
• Total	22.42 km^2 (8.66 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+12 (NZST)

Aanikai is the main island of North Tabiteuea, in Kiribati.^[1][2]

Its surface area is 22.4 km² (about 24 km² of the entire northern part of the atoll).

The following communities are found on Eanikai:

• Eita Village
• Utiroa
• Tanaeang
• Buota
• Terikiai
• Tekaman Village
• Tekabwibwi Village

Savanna climate prevails in the area. Annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is January, when the average temperature is 26 °C, and the coldest is December, with 24 °C.^[3] Average annual precipitation is 1,112 millimeters. The rainiest month is June, with an average of 168 mm precipitation, and the driest is November, with 16 mm of precipitation.^[4]

References

1. Camus, Guigone (2014). Tabiteuea Kiribati (Beaux-Arts) (in French). HAZAN. pp. 51–52. ISBN 9-782754-10787-7.
2. Camus, Guigone (2017). ""The case of the Tabiteuea atoll", In: Bambridge T. and Latouche J-P., Pacific atolls in the face of climate change" (PDF) (in French). pp. 121–172.
3. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Archived from the original on May 11, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
4. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month—TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Archived from the original on April 19, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2016.