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Yttygran Island. / 64.583°N 172.450°W / 64.583; -172.450. Location of Yttygran and neighboring Arakamchechen Island in Chukotka. Yttygran Island (Russian: Итыгран; Eskimo–Aleut: Siklyuk) is an island in the Bering Sea 24 kilometres (15 miles) northwest of Cape Chaplino, close to the coast of Chukotka . Nowadays this island is ...
Red pencil urchin – Papahānaumokuākea. The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM) (roughly / p ɑː p ɑː ˈ h ɑː n aʊ m oʊ k u ˌ ɑː k eɪ. ə / [2]) is a World Heritage listed U.S. National Monument encompassing 583,000 square miles (1,510,000 km 2) of ocean waters, including ten islands and atolls of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Also known as Kenilgan, [21] Kyga, [22] and Kygynin [22] this site on the northeast coast of Arakamchechen Island, on Cape Kygynin, is linked with the Whale Bone Alley on Yttygran Island and consists of a series of whale bone columns pointing in the direction of Whale Bone Alley, two burial mounds, and a ring of boulders. [15]
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 when the crew spotted several tall ...
Hawaii, United States. Coordinates. 20°56′10″N 156°46′12″W / 20.936°N 156.77°W / 20.936; -156.77 [1] Area. 1,400 square miles (3,600 km 2) Designated. 1992. hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov. The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary is one of the world's most important whale habitats, hosting thousands of ...
Sea Life Park Hawaii is a marine mammal park, bird sanctuary and aquarium [ 2 ] in Waimānalo near Makapuʻu Point, north of Hanauma Bay on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, United States. The park first opened in 1964 and was acquired in 2008 by Palace Entertainment, the U.S. subsidiary of Parques Reunidos [ 3 ] from Dolphin Discovery, which had ...
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park. Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located on the west coast of the island of Hawaiʻi in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The historical park preserves the site where, up until the early 19th century, Hawaiians who broke a kapu (one of the ...
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is a national park of the United States located in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii. The park encompasses two active volcanoes: Kīlauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, and Mauna Loa, the world's largest shield volcano. The park provides scientists with insight into the development of the Hawaiian ...