Tebunginako

Tebunginako is a village on Abaiang atoll in Kiribati; to its west is Ubanteman, and to its south are Borotiam and Koinawa.

[1] The settlement had been dealing with seawater inundation and coastal instability since the 1970s,[2] and is being abandoned.

[3] A report by the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission determined that natural erosion was the primary factor, as the village was located close to the site of a blocked ocean/lagoon channel,[4] The Kiribati government[5][6] has blamed sea level rise caused by global warming.

The remains of about 100 thatched homes and a maneabe (community meeting hall) are now up to 30 metres offshore.

The sea reaches what was the fishpond creating a peninsula with the Roman Catholic church standing on one side of the bay and the village on the other side.