Kiribati's Caroline Island, also called Millennium Island, lies in the world's easternmost time zone (UTC+14) and is regularly cited as the first inhabited point on Earth to greet each new day.
Record no. MRB-2026-006908
First Inhabited Land on Earth to See Each New Sunrise
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