Kingman Reef
.jpg) Southeast part of Kingman Reef, looking north | |
  Kingman Reef Location in Oceania  Kingman Reef Kingman Reef (Pacific Ocean) | |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Oceania |
| Coordinates | 6°23′N 162°25′W / 6.383°N 162.417°W |
| Area | 0.03[1] km2 (0.012 sq mi) (Land area – not including the lagoon) |
| Length | 17 km (10.6 mi) |
| Width | 8 km (5 mi) |
| Administration | |
United States | |
Kingman Reef is a coral reef in the North Pacific Ocean, owned by the United States.[2]
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
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Orthographic projection over Kingman Reef. -
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Britannica.com. Kingman Reef. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
- ↑ "Kingman Reef" at CIA World Factbook Archived 2017-07-16 at the Wayback Machine; excerpt, "no indigenous inhabitants"; retrieved 2013-4-19.
Other websites
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Media related to Kingman Reef at Wikimedia Commons
- K5K Amateur Radio Expedition to Kingman Reef
- Kennedy Warne: "An Uneasy Eden" Archived 2008-06-20 at the Wayback Machine — National Geographic Magazine, July 2008
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