Kiribati · Kiribati
Kiritimati
Christmas Island, first to see the new day.
- Population
- 7,369 (2020)
- Cook arrives
- December 24, 1777
Then
- 1777
Captain Cook arrives on Christmas Eve.
- 1957–1962
Britain and the US set off nuclear tests here.
- 1995
Kiribati moves the date line, putting Kiritimati in UTC+14.
Now
Kiritimati is one of the first inhabited places to see each new year.