Which country is Key on the map?

Kiribati is a peaceful country.

In 1777, British navigator James Cook landed on an island in the Pacific Ocean 2,080 kilometers south of Hawaii. Because it was Christmas Eve, he named it Christmas Island. Christmas Island among the Line Islands in the Central Pacific is located at 1°59′ north latitude and 157° 30′ west longitude. It is the largest atoll in the Pacific. The total area is 600 square kilometers, of which the land area is 363 square kilometers, the population is 1,290 (1978), and it belongs to the territory of the Republic of Kiribati. It became a British colony in 1888. Christmas Island was once used as a nuclear weapons testing base for the United Kingdom and the United States, and coconut cultivation was developed after 1970. Christmas Island is a stopover on the air route from Hawaii to Tarawa Island. Christmas Island is one of the smallest islands on Earth and the largest lagoon island in the world.