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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.
Coordinates: 6°23′N 162°25′W. 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)
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Kingman Reef is a largely submerged, uninhabited triangular shaped reef, 9.5 nautical miles (18 km) east-west and 5 nautical miles (9 km) north-south, located in the North Pacific Ocean,...
Description: reef and unincorporated U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean; Categories: insular area and coral reef; Location: United States, North America; View on OpenStreetMap
Sep 25, 2020 · Kingman Reef is a 1 km² tropical coral reef located in the North Pacific Ocean, roughly half way between Hawaii and American Samoa. It is the northernmost of the Northern Line Islands and is an unincorporated territory of the United States , administered from Washington, D.C. by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the ...
Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge is only three feet in elevation and lies 934 nautical miles southwest of Honolulu and consists of all emergent areas of the reef and its surrounding 487,016 acres of submerged lands and waters that extend out 50 nautical miles.
Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument map. Map courtesy of the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Information, photos and maps of the Kingman Reef National Wildlife Refuge area in the Pacific Ocean.
