National Marine Sanctuary
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A U.S. National Marine Sanctuary is a federally designated area within United States waters that protects areas of the marine environment with special conservation, recreational, ecological, historica
Undated diagram from 2013 or earlier illustrating the orientation of the then-three marine sanctuaries of Central California: Cordell Bank, Gulf of the Farallones, and Monterey Bay. In October 2024, a fourth sanctuary, Chumash Heritage, was created.
The Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, formerly named Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, is a group of unorganized, mostly unincorporated United States Pacific Island ter
Green sea turtle at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Soldierfish, Baker Island NWR
Melonhead whales
Seabirds on Palmyra Island flora