Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
	Hawaiian squirrelfish at French Frigate Shoals, Papahānaumokuākea
Location	Hawaii / Midway Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Nearest city	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Area	140,000 square miles (360,000 km2)
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type	Mixed
Criteria	iii, vi, viii, ix, x
Designated	2010
Reference no.	1326
State Party	United States
Region	Europe and North America

The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is a World Heritage site. It is often called Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument. The site covers 140,000 square miles (360,000 km²) of ocean waters that includes ten islands and atolls. The size is larger than the country of Greece.

The area was made a national monument by U.S. President George W. Bush on June 15, 2006. It became a World Heritage site on July 30, 2010.^[1]

Papahānaumokuākea supports 7,000 species. One quarter of the species are endemic.

Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Media

Map of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (2016)
Red pencil urchin – Papahānaumokuākea
Global locator map of all sites in the United States National Marine Sanctuary system
Laysan and short-tailed albatrosses at Northwest Hawaiian Islands National Monument
Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Spinner dolphins at Midway Atoll
George W. Bush signing proclamation to establish the monument on June 15, 2006
Hawaiian squirrelfish at French Frigate Shoals, Papahānaumokuākea
During an annual cleanup in 2015, 705 toothbrushes and personal care items were removed from the shorelines of Midway Atoll
School of sea chubs (Kyphosus)
Hawaiian spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris longirostris)