Kingman Reef

Kingman Reef /ˈkɪŋmən/ is a lairgely submerged, uninhabitit triangular shaped reef, 9.5 nautical mile (18 km) east-wast an 5 nautical mile (9 km) north-sooth,[1] locatit in the North Paceefic Ocean, roughly hauf way atween the Hawaiian Islands an American Samoa at 6°23′N 162°25′W / 6.383°N 162.417°W / 6.383; -162.417.[2][3]

Kingman Reef
Reef
Sootheast pairt o Kingman Reef, leukin north
KintraUnitit States
RegionNorthren Line Islands
(Fanning's Group)
Coordinates6°23′N 162°25′W / 6.383°N 162.417°W / 6.383; -162.417 162°25′W / 6.383°N 162.417°W / 6.383; -162.417
Lenth18 km (11 mi), East-West
Width9 km (6 mi), North-South
Height1.5 m (5 ft)
Depth82 m (269 ft)
Area76 km2 (29 sq mi)
 - land0.012 km2 (0 sq mi)
 - water76 km2 (29 sq mi)
Population0
MaterialCoral, limestane
AwnerUnited States
(Claimed under the Guano Islands Act in 1856)
Discovered byEdmund Fanning
 - date1789
Cairt o Kingman Reef

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