Bikeman Island
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Tarawa_map_w.jpg/250px-Tarawa_map_w.jpg)
Bikeman is in the middle of Tarawa's lagoon
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Kiribati_Bairiki_Betio_Causeway.jpg/220px-Kiribati_Bairiki_Betio_Causeway.jpg)
Nippon causeway, linking Bairiki and Betio
Bikeman Island is a submerged islet about a half-hour's canoe ride northeast of Betio, Kiribati. Due to changing currents and the construction of a causeway between Betio and Bairiki, Bikeman has been submerged since the early 1990s. If one were to stand on Bikeman today, the water would reach up to one's knees.[1]
See also[]
- Tarawa
- Desert island
- List of islands
References[]
- ^ Williams, Daniel (August 20, 2001). "Pacific Journey". Time. Archived from the original on February 9, 2007. Retrieved January 23, 2007.
Further reading[]
- Vogel, Scott (April 20, 2001). "That sinking feeling". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved March 14, 2013. "A fisherman wades over land that was formerly above water. The lost island of Bikeman offers a vivid example of the danger facing Pacific islands as global warming causes rising waters."
Categories:
- Kiribati geography stubs
- Uninhabited islands of Kiribati
- South Tarawa
- Former islands
- Islands of Kiribati