Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
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.
| Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument | |
|---|---|
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) | |
| File:Red Fish at Papahānaumokuākea.jpg 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) |
| Type | Mixed |
| Criteria | iii, vi, viii, ix, x |
| Designated | 2010 |
| Reference no. | 1326 |
| State Party |  United States |
| Region | Europe and North America |
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)
- Heterocentrotus mammilatus.jpg
Red pencil urchin – Papahānaumokuākea
- US National Marine Sanctuary global system map.gif
Global locator map of all sites in the United States National Marine Sanctuary system
- Albatross birds at Northwest Hawaiian Islands National Monument, Midway Atoll, 2007March01.jpg
Laysan and short-tailed albatrosses at Northwest Hawaiian Islands National Monument
- Endangered Hawaiian monk seal sunning on the beach (6741931081).jpg
Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
- Spinner dolphins (6741930935).jpg
- George W. Bush approves Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument.jpg
George W. Bush signing proclamation to establish the monument on June 15, 2006
- Red Fish at Papahānaumokuākea (cropped).jpg
Hawaiian squirrelfish at French Frigate Shoals, Papahānaumokuākea
- PMNM - Laysan Albatross 2016 Cleanup (27624985333).jpg
During an annual cleanup in 2015, 705 toothbrushes and personal care items were removed from the shorelines of Midway Atoll
- Sanc1310 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg
School of sea chubs (Kyphosus)
- Spinner dolphins video.wmv.OGG
Hawaiian spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris longirostris)
References
- ↑ "World Heritage Committee inscribes two new sites on World Heritage List". UNESCO. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
Other websites
- UNESCO: World Heritage Site profile: Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
- USFWS: Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
- USFWS: Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
