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Kanton Island
or Can·ton Island (kănˌtŏnˈ, kănˈtŏnˌ, -tən)
A coral atoll of the Phoenix Islands of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean. An important aviation way station under Anglo-American control from 1939, Kanton became part of independent Kiribati in 1979.