The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is a U.S. national monument listed as a World Heritage Site, encompassing 582,578 square miles of ocean waters, including ten islands and atolls of the N
George W. Bush signing proclamation to establish the Monument on June 15, 2006
Bubblegum coral
Red pencil urchin
Hawaiian squirrelfish at French Frigate Shoals
Pearl and Hermes Atoll
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The Pearl and Hermes Atoll, also known as Pearl and Hermes Reef, is part of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, a group of small islands and atolls that form the farthest northwest portion of the Hawai
North Island of Pearl and Hermes Atoll in 1999
Black-lip pearl oyster at the Aquarium Finisterrae in Galicia, Spain
Wreckage ofSS Quartette
MV Casitas aground on Pearl and Hermes Atoll, August 4, 2005