Kingman Reef
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| Kingman Reef | |
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 Southeast part of Kingman Reef, looking north
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| Country | United States |
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| Region | Northern Line Islands (Fanning's Group) |
| Coordinates | 6°23′N 162°25′W / 6.383°N 162.417°W |
| Length | 18 km (11 mi), East-West |
| Width | 9 km (6 mi), North-South |
| Height | 1.5 m (5 ft) |
| Depth | 82 m (269 ft) |
| Area | 76 km² (29 sq mi) |
| - land | 0.012 km² (0 sq mi) |
| - water | 76 km² (29 sq mi) |
| Population | 0 |
| Material | Coral, limestone |
| Owner | United States (Claimed under the Guano Islands Act in 1856) |
| Discovered by | Edmund Fanning |
| - date | 1789 |
.jpg) Map of Kingman Reef
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Kingman Reef is a coral reef in the North Pacific Ocean, owned by the United States.[1]
It is the farthest north of the Northern Line Islands. It is only sometimes above water.
Palmyra Atoll is the other U.S. territory in the Northern Line Islands.
Gallery [change]
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Orthographic projection over Kingman Reef.
References [change]
- ↑ "Kingman Reef" at CIA World Factbook; excerpt, "no indigenous inhabitants"; retrieved 2013-4-19.
Other websites [change]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kingman Reef |
- K5K Amateur Radio Expedition to Kingman Reef
- Kennedy Warne: "An Uneasy Eden" — National Geographic Magazine, July 2008
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