Clipperton Island
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Clipperton Island, also known as Clipperton Atoll and previously as Clipperton's Rock, is an 8.9 km2 uninhabited coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The only French territory in the North Pacifi
1899 sketch of Clipperton Rock from the Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, after a photograph
A bright-orange Clipperton crab (Johngarthia oceanica)
The head of a viper moray (Enchelynassa canina)
Freighter Sichem Osprey grounded on Clipperton Island in 2010
Brown booby
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The brown booby is a large seabird in the booby and gannet family Sulidae, of which it is one of the most common and widespread species. It has a pantropical range, which overlaps with that of other b
Clipperton Island
…Clipperton has primarily been the site for scientific expeditions to study the island's wildlife and marine life, including its significant masked and brown booby colonies. It has also hosted climate scientists and amateur radio DX-peditions. Plans to develop the island for trade and tourism have been considered…
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Brown booby Principe 3
male S. l. plotus, French Frigate Shoals
female S. l. plotus, Green Island, Queensland