Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Small islands and atolls in Hawaii

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We include updates on Midway Atoll, Kure Atoll, French Frigate Shoals, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Red-footed booby, Laysan albatross, Nihoa, Laysan, Laysan finch, Gardner Pinnacles, Maro Reef, Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Lisianski Island, La Perouse Pinnacle, East Island, Hawaii, Chondria tumulosa ... and more.

August 2016 President Barack Obama expanded the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, increasing its area by approximately four times and making it the world's largest marine protected area at that time.

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