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Width. 8 km (5 mi) Administration. United States. Kingman Reef ( / ˈkɪŋmən /) is a largely submerged, uninhabited, triangle-shaped reef, geologically an atoll, 9.0 nmi (20 km) east-west and 4.5 nmi (8 km) north-south, [2] in the North Pacific Ocean, roughly halfway between the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa.
- 0.03 km² (0.012 sq mi), (Land area – not including the lagoon)
- Oceania
- 17 km (10.6 mi)
- 8 km (5 mi)
Airport. Palmyra (Cooper) Airport (ICAO: PLPA, FAA LID: P16) is an unattended airport on Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. It is a private-use facility, originally built during World War II and now owned by The Nature Conservancy. It has one runway (6/24) measuring 5,000 ft × 150 ft (1,524 m × 46 m).
- 2.1 m (7 ft)
- United States
- U.S. trading ship Palmyra
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Welcome to Kingman Reef! With less than five feet of elevation in most areas, Kingman Reef remains one of the most pristine coral reef atoll ecosystems in the Pacific Ocean. Located 932 miles southwest of Hawaiʻi, the crystal clear waters and vibrant corals support a spectacular diversity of algae, fish, marine mammals, sea turtles, and migratory birds.
The entry code is ISO 3166-2:UM. The minor outlying islands and groups of islands consist of eight United States insular areas in the Pacific Ocean ( Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island) and one in the Caribbean Sea ( Navassa Island ).
Kingman Reef, coral reef, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Northern Line Islands, west-central Pacific Ocean. The reef is located about 920 miles (1,480 km) southwest of Honolulu. It is a barren atoll with a deep lagoon (5 by 9.5 miles [8 by 15 km] and has a land area of 0.01.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
List of airports by ICAO code: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z. Format of entries is: ICAO (IATA) – Airport Name – Airport Location. PA PF PO PP – Alaska. Also see airport category and list. PAAK (AKB) – Atka Airport (FAA: AKA) – Atka, Alaska.
Kingman Reef encompasses approximately 2.6 acres of emergent reef and nearly 483,713 acres of submerged lands. Kingman Reef and surrounding waters out to 12 nauti-cal miles are currently managed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service as National Wildlife Refuge as a fully protected biological reserve.
