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The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument was proclaimed a national monument on January 6, 2009, by U.S. President George W. Bush [2] [3] and follows his June 6, 2006, creation of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The original area was about 83,000 square miles (210,000 km 2).
However, on January 6, 2009, under the authority of section 2 of the Antiquities Act, the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument was established by President George W. Bush to administer and protect Johnston Island along with six other Pacific islands. [35] The national monument includes Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge within ...
Pages in category "Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Parts of the region's waters were blocked off from fishing through the establishment of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument by President George W. Bush in 2009, and it was expanded ...
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.
The tooth was found a little more than 10,000 feet deep “on an unnamed seamount within the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument,” explorers with Nautilus Live wrote in an Oct. 5 ...
The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, comprising Palmyra Atoll, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, and Kingman Reef, was established on January 6, 2009, by proclamation of President George W. Bush.
Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (3 C, 7 P) U. National monuments in the United States Virgin Islands ... Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument; R.