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A small (35 sq. mi.), barren, uninhabited island in the central Pacific Ocean (4 deg. S. 155 deg. W.), part of the Line Islands belonging to Republic of Kiribati, chiefly notable for its "mysterious" prehistoric ruins (of Polynesian origin), its once-extensive deposits of phosphatic guano (exploited by Australian interests from c. 1860-1927), and as the site of the first British thermonuclear weapons tests (1957).

Malden was discovered on 30 July 1825 [not 29 July, as erroneously reported in some sources]by Captain George Anson (Lord) Byron (a cousin of the recently deceased poet), commanding the British warship HMS Blonde, while returning to London from a specia l mission to Honolulu to repatriate the remains of the young king and queen of Hawaii, who had died tragically of measles during a visit to Britain. The island was named for Lt. Charles Robert Malden, navigator of the Blonde, who sighted the island and briefly explored it.

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-A small (35 sq. mi.), barren, uninhabited island in the central Pacific Ocean (4 deg. S. 155 deg. W.), part of the territory of the Republic of [[Kiribati]]. Chiefly notable for its "mysterious" prehistoric ruins (of Polynesian origin), its once-extensive deposits of phosphatic guano (exploited by Australian interests from c. 1860-1927), and as the site of the first British thermonuclear weapons tests (1957).
+A small (35 sq. mi.), barren, uninhabited island in the central Pacific Ocean (4 deg. S. 155 deg. W.), part of the [[Line Islands]] belonging to Republic of [[Kiribati]], chiefly notable for its "mysterious" prehistoric ruins (of Polynesian origin), its once-extensive deposits of phosphatic guano (exploited by Australian interests from c. 1860-1927), and as the site of the first British thermonuclear weapons tests (1957).
+Malden was discovered on 30 July 1825 ''[not 29 July, as erroneously reported in some sources]''by Captain George Anson (Lord) Byron (a cousin of the recently deceased poet),
+commanding the British warship ''HMS Blonde'', while returning to London from a specia l mission to Honolulu to repatriate the remains of the young king and queen of Hawaii, who had died tragically of measles during a visit to Britain. The island was named for Lt. Charles Robert Malden, navigator of the ''Blonde'', who sighted the island and briefly explored it.