Kiritimati Kiritimati Kiritimati, or Christmas Island, is a Pacific Ocean raised coral atoll in the northern Line Islands. It is part of the Republic of Kiribati. The name "Kiritimati" is a respelling of the English word "Christmas" in the Kiribati language, in which the combination "ti" is pronounced "s", and the name is thus pronounced . The island has the greatest land area of any coral atoll in the world, about ; its lagoon is roughly the same size. The atoll is about in perimeter, while the lagoon shoreline extends for over . Kiritimati comprises over 70% of the total land
Order to entry in the new year (unofficially) the last in the world to receive the new year. Order to entry in the new year Order to entry in the new year is the chronological order of entry into the new year (actually in 2019), according to Greenwich Mean Time (UTC correctly). These locations are the first in the world to receive the new year. This time zone is the area where most people go to the same time in the new year. In this zone, it is estimated that half the world population, has already entered the new year. These locations are the last inhabited locations