| LC control no. | sh2006004498 |
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| Geographic heading | Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (Hawaii) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Hawaii--Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument |
| Variant(s) | Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument (Hawaii) Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument (Hawaii) |
| See also | Marine parks and reserves--Hawaii National monuments--Hawaii Natural monuments--Hawaii |
| Found in | Wikipedia, June 15, 2006 (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument; proclaimed by President George W. Bush on June 15, 2006 under the 1906 Antiquities Act. A new native Hawaiian name will be chosen by state residents; covers roughly 140,000 square miles (360,000 sq km) of reefs, atolls and shallow sea in the Pacific Ocean; about 132,000 square miles of the monument was already part of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve or the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge; IUCN Category III (Natural Monument)) The White House Web site, June 15, 2006: home page (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument; Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument) proclamation text (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument) Papahā̄̄naumokuā̄kea Marine National Monument : draft management plan, 2008: v. 1, t.p. verso (vast marine protected area) p. ES-1 (on June 15, 2006, President George W. Bush issued Presidential Proclamation 8031 establishing the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument, under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906; Proclamation 8031 was later amended on March 6, 2007, to establish the Hawaiian name of the monument, Papahā̄̄naumokuā̄kea Marine National Monument, and clarify some definitions) |
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