The Line Islands are an island chain in the central Pacific
Ocean near the equator. Three of the islands are territories of
the United States of America. These islands are Jarvis Island,
Kingman Reef, and Palmyra Island. The rest of the islands are
part of Kiribati, an island nation in the Pacific ocean. The
Islands that are part of Kiribati are Washington Island,
Tabuaeran, Kiritimati, Malden Island, Starbuck Island, Caroline
Island, Flint Island, and Vostok Island. The islands are
sometimes grouped into the southern line islands (Caroline,
Vostok, and Flint islands), central line islands (Jarvis Island,
Malden Island, and Starbuck islands), and northern line islands
(Kingman Reef, Kiritimati, and Palmyra, Washington, and Fanning
islands).