La Perouse Pinnacle

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La Perouse Pinnacle
La Perouse Pinnacle
La Perouse Pinnacle
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago French frigate shoals
Geographical location 23 ° 47 '8 "  N , 166 ° 12' 46"  W Coordinates: 23 ° 47 '8 "  N , 166 ° 12' 46"  W.
La Perouse Pinnacle (all of Hawaii)
La Perouse Pinnacle
length 229 m
width 50 m
surface 0.367 7  ha
Highest elevation 36  m
Residents uninhabited
Map of the French Frigate Shoals with La Perouse Pinnacle roughly in the center
Map of the French Frigate Shoals with La Perouse Pinnacle roughly in the center

La Perouse Pinnacle is a small, uninhabited rock island in the Pacific Ocean , which geographically belongs to the Northwest Hawai'i Islands and politically to the US state of Hawaii . The island is named after the French explorer Jean-François de La Pérouse .

geography

La Perouse Pinnacle is located in the center of the French Frigate Shoals , the largest atoll in the Hawai'i Islands in terms of diameter . The basalt rock rising steeply from the lagoon represents the now almost completely submerged remnant of the former central volcano . The island has an area of ​​3677 m² (0.0037 km²) and reaches a height of 36 m above sea level. A 1971 publication gives a length of 229 meters in a northwest-southeast direction, and a maximum width of 50 meters.

Since the other motus of the atoll are of coralline origin, La Perouse Pinnacle is a special habitat for animals and plants, especially for algae . The rock is overgrown with some moss and grass .

Web links

Commons : La Perouse Pinnacle  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. United States Census Bureau: Block 1011, Census Tract 114.98, Honolulu County, Hawaii (English)
  2. ^ A. Binion Amerson Jr.: The Natural History of French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin No. 150, 1971 , p. 10: 750 feet long northwest to southeast, and about 165 feet wide at its widest point
  3. Wolfgang Schippke, DC3MF: French Frigate Shols one of the forbidden Hawaii'an Islands