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Kingman Reef

	Kingman Reef

English	Kingman Reef - Kingman Reef Kingman Reef is a 1 km² tropical coral reef located in the North Pacific Ocean, roughly half way between► Hawaii and► American Samoa. It is the northernmost of the Northern Line Islands and is an unincorporated territory of theUnited States, administered from Washington, D.C. by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system.Kingman Reef, as well as► Baker Island,► Howland Island,► Jarvis Island,► Johnston Atoll,► Midway Atoll,► Wake Island, and► Palmyra Atoll, lies in the Pacific Ocean, south of Hawaii.

Short name	Kingman Reef
Official name	Kingman Reef
Status	Unincorporated territory of theUnited States (American since 1922)
Location	Pacific Ocean
Capital	—
Population	No inhabitants
Area	1 km²
Major language(s)	—
Major religion(s)	—
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General maps

Map of Kingman Reef

Kingman Reef was discovered in 1789 by Captain Edmund Fanning of the ship Betsey. Captain W. E. Kingman described it in 1853. It was formally annexed to theUnited States in 1922.

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

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