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    • Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM), 2006-2016 - Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI)

    Metadata Updated: January 27, 2025

    Boundary of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM), located in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). Created in 2006, Papahanaumokuakea is the largest conservation area in the U.S. and one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world. It is home to extensive coral reefs harboring over 7,000 marine species, one quarter of which are found only in Hawaii. Many of the islands and shallow water environments are important habitats for rare species such as the threatened green sea turtle and the endangered Hawaiian monk seal. Significant cultural Native Hawaiian sites can also be found on the islands of Nihoa and Mokumanamana (Necker Island). Co-managed with the State of Hawaii and the U.S. Department of the Interior, the monument preserves one of the most untouched areas of coral reef in the world.

    This layer shows the PMNM boundary prior to its expansion in 2016. On August 26, 2016, President Obama signed a proclamation expanding the monument from 139,797 square miles (362,073 square kilometers) to 582,578 square miles (1,508,870 square kilometers). This extended the monument boundary westward of -163 degrees longitude out to Hawaii's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) at 200 nautical miles offshore. The present layer shows the monument boundary as it existed before this expansion. To view the expanded boundary, access the data layers for "hi_noaa_nwhi_papahanaumokuakea" or "hi_noaa_nwhi_papahanaumokuakea_line" instead.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Date November 14, 2024
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date January 27, 2025
    Reference Date(s) September 24, 2016 (creation), September 24, 2016 (issued), September 24, 2016 (revision)
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    Harvested from ioos

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date November 14, 2024
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date January 27, 2025
    Reference Date(s) September 24, 2016 (creation), September 24, 2016 (issued), September 24, 2016 (revision)
    Responsible Party Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM) (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid hi_noaa_nwhi_papahanaumokuakea_2006
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long -161.0173
    Bbox North Lat 29.25614
    Bbox South Lat 22.22343
    Bbox West Long -179.27432
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    Frequency Of Update
    Graphic Preview Description Sample image.
    Graphic Preview File http://pacioos.org/metadata/browse/hi_noaa_nwhi_papahanaumokuakea_2006.png
    Harvest Object Id bd257499-e44b-40d6-9c8d-414fcdcc004b
    Harvest Source Id 54e15a6e-6dde-4c9c-a8f0-345cc0dfccfb
    Harvest Source Title ioos
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    Lineage 2016-09-24T00:00:00Z OGC web services (WMS and WFS) enabled by PacIOOS via GeoServer. Original data from source provider may have been reformatted, reprojected, or adjusted in other ways to optimize these capabilities.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-179.27432, 22.22343], [-161.0173, 22.22343], [-161.0173, 29.25614], [-179.27432, 29.25614], [-179.27432, 22.22343]]]}
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    Spatial Data Service Type Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS)
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True

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