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CAROLINE ISLAND - A place which has to be visited soon. (Victim of climate change)

  Today I was just writing something in my diary and I happened to see the world map in it. When I was looking them I noticed something new, which is the Caroline Island. Then I started searching about the place and some of the things were very intriguing. So this blog is about Caroline Island. WHY INTRIGUING Caroline Island  is the easternmost of the uninhabited  coral atolls  which comprise the southern  Line Islands  in the central  Pacific Ocean  Republic of  Kiribati . Caroline Island has remained relatively untouched and is one of the world's most pristine  tropical  islands,  despite   guano   mining,  copra   (coconut meat) harvesting, and human habitation in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is home to one of the world's largest populations of the   coconut crab   and is an important breeding site for   seabirds , most notably the   sooty tern . WHY THIS PLACE HAS TO BE VISITED SOON As Caroline Island only extends six meters above sea level, it is in danger as  sea lev