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Migaloo jumping photographed by Jonas Liebschner onboard Whale Watching Sydney Part of a Song by Migaloo recorded in 1998. Migaloo ("whitefella" in some Aboriginal languages) is an all-white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) that was first sighted on the 28 June 1991 at the Australian east coast near Byron Bay. [1]
The sanctuary encompasses 1,400 square miles (3,600 km 2) in the islands' waters.It was designated by United States Congress on November 4, 1992, as a National Marine Sanctuary to protect the endangered North Pacific humpback whale and its habitat [2] The sanctuary promotes management, research, education and long-term monitoring.
Because the Estate of James Campbell intended to sell large parcels in the Kahuku area by 2007, including lands surrounding the two refuge units, the Hawaii congressional delegation with support from state and city agencies and the local community introduced two bills to expand the refuge to a total of 1,100 acres (450 ha). [9]
Wildlife photographer Domenic Biagini captured incredible aerial footage of two separate humpback whale breaches off the coast of Maui, Hawaii, in early February.Biagini, who runs the Instagram ...
One of the world's rarest sea creatures, Migaloo the white humpback whale (his name is an Aboriginal word for "white fella") was spotted off the eastern coast of Australia on June 19. According to ...
Photo by Connor Dugan on Unsplash. A pod of six sea creatures surprised whale watchers in Kona, Hawaii, on April 17. That morning, a boat from Hawaiian Adventures Kona was about ten miles offshore ...
The area is also the location of the Nuʻuanu Freshwater Fish Refuge [4] and the Nuʻuanu Reservoir [5] [6] in the jurisdiction of the Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources. The Nuʻuanu Pali State Wayside is a lookout above the tunnels where there is a panoramic view of Oʻahu's windward side with views of Kāneʻohe, Kāneʻohe ...
Māmala Bay or Mamala Bay is the near-shore area of the Pacific Ocean between Barbers Point and Diamond Head on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. [2] The entrance to Pearl Harbor and Honolulu Harbor are in Māmala Bay. Transair Flight 810 made an emergency ditching in the bay on July 2, 2021. [3] [4]