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Place Name
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French Frigate Shoals
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Place Status (Type)
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crescent
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Location
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Honolulu County, Hawaii (HI), United States, North America
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Latitude
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23°45'N
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Longitude
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166°10'W
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French Frigate Shoals
, Honolulu Co., Hawaii (HI), crescent atoll
comprising 13 sand islets and 1 rock islet (La Perouse Pinnacle, elev.
122 ft/37 m), N Pacific,
520 mi/837 km WNW of Honolulu, Hawaii (HI);
20 mi/32 km N of Tropic of Cancer; 23°45'N
166°10'W. Annexed 1895 by Republic of Hawaii. Includes World War II
landing strip on Tern Isl. and Disappearing Isl. Part of Hawaiian Isls.
Natl. Wildlife Refuge.
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