N'ikpeazụ, United States jikọtara Northern Line n'ime ókèala ya ma mee otu ihe ahụ na Phoenix Islands nke dị n'etiti Kiribati na Line Islands gụnyere Howland, Jarvis, na Baker Islands, si otú a na-eweta esemokwu ókèala. Nke a mechara dozie ma ha ghọrọ akụkụ nke Kiribati dị ka akụkụ nke Nkwekọrịta nke Tarawa. Nke a bịanyere aka n'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe nnwere onwe ma kwado ya na 1983, United States na-ahapụ ihe niile na-ekwu na Phoenix Islands na ndị nke Line Islands bụ akụkụ nke ókèala Kiribati. Ajụjụ: Olee mgbe e kwadoro nkwekọrịta ahụ?
Afọ 1983