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Palmyra Atoll ( / pælˈmaɪrə / ), also referred to as Palmyra Island, is one of the Northern Line Islands (southeast of Kingman Reef and north of Kiribati ). It is located almost due south of the Hawaiian Islands, roughly one-third of the way between Hawaii and American Samoa. North America is about 3,300 miles (5,300 kilometers) northeast ...
Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge was established on January 18, 2001, by the Secretary of the Interior and includes submerged lands and associated waters out to 12 nautical miles from the atoll. It is approximately 956 nautical miles south of Honolulu, about halfway between Hawaiʻi and America Samoa, and consists of a circular string of ...
May 8, 2023 · Palmyra Atoll is a magnificent cluster of uninhabited coral islets 960 miles (1,450 km) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii. The atoll was purchased for $30 million (£21 million) from the Fullard-Leos family, a Honolulu family that had owned it for 80 years. The acquisition makes Palmyra the most expensive island ever sold.
Palmyra Atoll is situated nine hundred sixty miles south by west of Honolulu and three hundred fifty-two miles north of the Equator. The atoll has an area of about one and one-half square miles and consists of around fifty (50) islands in the shape of a horse shoe surrounding two lagoons (prior to the 1940's, three lagoons).
Palmyra: Past is Prologue. With the support of a core group of visionary conservation champions, TNC purchased Palmyra Atoll in 2000 to protect an endangered marine wilderness and establish a platform for applied conservation science. TNC’s commitment to Palmyra was richly rewarded as it rapidly became a focal point for scientists from the ...
Jun 7, 2024 · Palmyra Atoll, coral atoll, unincorporated territory of the United States, in the Northern Line Islands in the west-central Pacific Ocean, about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southwest of Honolulu. It comprises some 50 islets with a combined area of 4 square miles (10 square km) and an average elevation.
Oct 8, 2020 · The Palmyra atoll was an uninhabited tropical paradise – until the rats arrived (Credit Island Conservation) Palmyra had been an isolated and tranquil Pacific atoll, until a 20th-Century ...
Palmyra Atoll Scenic view of the Palmyra coastline. Located a 1,000 miles south of Hawai'i, Palmyra Atoll is one of the most spectacular marine wilderness areas on Earth. The Nature Conservancy bought Palmyra in 2000. Today, Palmyra is a national marine monument and the Conservancy and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service are partnering to protect it.
A fascinating history - Palmyra Atoll is among the most isolated places in the world. Situated nearly 1,000 miles south of the Hawaiian Islands, it is truly a marine wilderness in the Pacific. This tiny central Pacific atoll is a complex of small islands and islets encircling three lagoons and surrounded by more than 16,000 acres of coral reefs.
Palmyra Atoll —comprised of approximately 618 acres of emergent lands—is located about 1,000 miles southwest of Hawai‘i in the Central Pacific Ocean and is part of the Line Islands archipelago. Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, established in 2001, includes approximately 446 acres of emergent land and 503,963 acres of submerged ...
