French Frigate Shoals
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The French Frigate Shoals is the largest atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, located about 487 nautical miles northwest of Honolulu. Its name commemorates French explorer Jean-François de Gala
French Frigate Shoals, 2003
The towering La Pérouse Pinnacle is made of hard volcanic rock and rises 122 ft (37 m)
Monk seal and noddy terns at Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals
Red-footed Booby on French Frigate Shoals
Operation K
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Operation K was a Japanese naval operation in World War II, intended as reconnaissance of Pearl Harbor and disruption of repair and salvage operations following the surprise attack on 7 December 1941.
French Frigate Shoals
…volcanic rock that rises 122 ft (37 m) above the surrounding lagoon. In the 20th century, the shoals were used by the Imperial Japanese Navy as part of an operation to attack Hawaii. Afterwards, a small United States Navy base was established there to prevent it from being used again. After the war it was used by…
President Theodore Roosevelt High School in Honolulu was damaged by bombs dropped nearby from Operation K.