Republic of Nauru. Central Pacific. Nauru is a tiny island (21 square-km). A man on a wharf. The Nauru Phosphate Corporation owns two cantilevers loaders. The buoys are connected to the deepest water moorings in the world (518 meters deep). A ship has arrived and will deliver diesel for both the power house and the dessalination plant. A plane from Nauru Airlines will soon land at Nauru airport. © 1999 Didier Ruef