Line Islands
- a group of eleven islands in the central Pacific, straddling the equator south of Hawaii. Eight of the islands, including Kiritimati (Christmas Island), form part of Kiribati; the remaining three are uninhabited dependencies of the US.莱恩群岛(太平洋中部11个岛屿构成的群岛, 跨越夏威夷以南的赤道, 其中八个岛, 包括圣诞岛, 构成基里巴斯的一部分, 其余的三岛是无人居住的美国属地)。