Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve

***caveseeker7*** · 16th June 2006, 20:06

PRESIDENT SETS ASIDE LARGEST MARINE CONSERVATION AREA ON EARTH

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument Encompasses Nearly 140,000 Square Miles

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2644.htm

All images courtesy of NOAA

***caveseeker7*** · 16th June 2006, 21:35

If my Google converter is correct, that's 360.000 km2, larger than Germany (357.022 km2).

Map courtesy of NOAA

**Gill Envy** · 18th June 2006, 21:50

thanks stephan for pointing this out, great news for a change. do you have any idea how recent the top coral picture is?

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