Aono Raina High Sea

Aono Raina High Sea lies along the Line Islands, a belt of coral islands and atolls in the central Pacific that runs about 2,350 kilometres from northwest to southeast. Kiritimati is the largest atoll in the world by land area, and Captain Cook landed there in 1777. Captain Edmund Fanning reached Teraina and Tabuaeran in 1798, and both visitors often overlooked marae platforms and village sites that date back to the fourteenth century. Reef passages and lagoon entrances offered the only shelter, and the open sea between the islands was a long crossing for canoes and ships.