Kingman Reef

Summary

Kingman Reef is a protected area^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.85% of protected_area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (325 views/month, #13 of 1,535).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kingman Reef is credited with the discovery of Edmund Fanning^[3].
• Kingman Reef is located in United States Minor Outlying Islands^[4].
• Kingman Reef is in the country of United States^[5].
• Kingman Reef is on the body of water Pacific Ocean^[6].
• Kingman Reef's image is recorded as Aerial view of the Southeast Part of Kingman Reef.png^[7].
• Kingman Reef's instance of is recorded as protected area^[8].
• Kingman Reef's instance of is recorded as insular area of the United States^[9].
• Kingman Reef's instance of is recorded as coral reef^[10].
• Kingman Reef's operator is recorded as United States Fish and Wildlife Service^[11].
• W. E. Kingman is named after Kingman Reef^[12].
• Kingman Reef's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315165801^[13].
• Kingman Reef's locator map image is recorded as Orthographic projection over Kingman Reef.png^[14].
• Kingman Reef's location is recorded as Pacific Ocean^[15].
• Kingman Reef's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as UM-89^[16].
• Kingman Reef's part of is recorded as Line Islands^[17].
• Kingman Reef's Commons category is recorded as Kingman Reef^[18].
• Kingman Reef's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 7248457^[19].
• Kingman Reef's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−11:00^[20].
• +1860-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kingman Reef^[21].
• Kingman Reef's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1798-00-00T00:00:00Z^[22].
• Kingman Reef's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1802708^[23].
• Kingman Reef's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 6.3833333333333, 'lon': -162.41666666667}^[24].
• Kingman Reef's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 6.4, 'lon': -162.399}^[25].
• Kingman Reef's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047tj^[26].
• Kingman Reef's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Polynesia^[27].

Body

Geography

Kingman Reef is in the country of United States^[5]. It is located in United States Minor Outlying Islands^[4]. It is on the body of water Pacific Ocean^[6]. Its part of is recorded as Line Islands^[17].

Physical Characteristics

Kingman Reef's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+0.012'}^[28]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1'}^[29]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include protected area^[8], insular area of the United States^[9], and coral reef^[10].

History and Context

+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kingman Reef^[21]. W. E. Kingman is named after it^[12].

Why It Matters

Kingman Reef ranks in the top 0.85% of protected_area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (325 views/month, #13 of 1,535).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]