Kure Atoll

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Hawaii_Department_of_Land_and_Natural_Resources
State of Hawaii
gptkbp:area 0.86 square miles
gptkbp:climate tropical
gptkbp:conservationEfforts invasive species removal
native plant restoration
gptkbp:coordinates 28°25′N 178°20′W
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Russian_ship_Moller
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1828
gptkbp:distanceFromHanoi about 1,360 miles northwest
gptkbp:distanceFromMidway_Atoll about 48 miles west-northwest
gptkbp:ecosystem gptkb:island
gptkbp:hasCoralReefs yes
gptkbp:hasFeature gptkb:Green_Island
gptkbp:hasLagoon yes
gptkbp:hasLandingStrip gptkb:Green_Island_Airstrip
gptkbp:hasLighthouse gptkb:Kure_Atoll_Lighthouse
gptkbp:hasResearchCenter gptkb:Green_Island_Field_Station
gptkbp:hasShipwreck gptkb:USS_Saginaw
gptkb:wreck_of_the_whaler_Gledstanes
gptkb:wreck_of_the_whaler_Parker
gptkbp:hasWildlife gptkb:booby
gptkb:Laysan_albatross
gptkb:Hawaiian_spinner_dolphin
gptkb:black-footed_albatross
gptkb:Bonin_petrel
tern
Hawaiian monk seal
frigatebird
seabirds
turtle
Songbird
noddy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kure Atoll
gptkbp:invasiveIn gptkb:Polynesian_rat
gptkb:big-headed_ant
ironwood tree
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Hawaii
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Kure_Island
gptkbp:notableFor northernmost coral atoll in the world
westernmost atoll in the world
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Northwestern_Hawaiian_Islands
gptkb:Papahānaumokuākea_Marine_National_Monument
gptkbp:protectedArea gptkb:Kure_Atoll_State_Wildlife_Sanctuary
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Hawaii–Aleutian_Time_Zone
gptkbp:uninhabited yes
gptkbp:vegetation grasses
shrubs
ironwood trees
beach naupaka
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Papahānaumokuākea_Marine_National_Monument
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5