Kingman Reef
reef and unincorporated U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean
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Summary
Kingman Reef is a protected area[1]. It ranks in the top 0.85% of protected area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,086 views/month, #13 of 1,535).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Edmund Fanning[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: United States Minor Outlying Islands[4]
- Country: United States[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Pacific Ocean[6]
- Instance of: insular area of the United States[7], coral reef[8], reef island[9]
- Operator: United States Fish and Wildlife Service[10]
- Named after: W. E. Kingman[11]
- Location: Pacific Ocean[12]
- Part of: Line Islands[13]
- Commons category: Kingman Reef[14]
- Located in time zone: UTC−11:00[15]
- Inception: 1860[16]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1798[17]
- Located in/on physical feature: Polynesia[18]
- Significant event: first sighting[19], description[20], annexation[21]
- IUCN protected areas category: IUCN category Ia: Strict Nature Reserve[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kingman Reef[23]
- Population: 0[24]
- Official name: Kingman Reef[25]
- Lowest point: Pacific Ocean[26]
- Native label: Kingman Reef[27]
- Different from: Kingman[28]
- Elevation above sea level: 1 m[29]
- Area: 0.012 km²[30]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Kingman Reef[31]
Why It Matters
Kingman Reef has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]