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Sighting and Naming of New Year Island
- When
- 1 January 1817
- Where
- New Year Island, Kiribati
Kotzebue discovered New Year Island on 1 January 1817 during his Pacific voyage, correcting the legacy row's unsupported Sandwich Islands route.
On 1 January 1817, Kotzebue discovered New Year Island. The legacy row's claim of sailing through the Sandwich Islands is unsupported by the passages, which describe a route via Cape Horn and Easter Island. The island is located in Kiribati, a central Pacific archipelago comprising 32 atolls.
Sources
- Otto von Kotzebue Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-16
- Kiribati Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-02
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