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    Kure Atoll (/ˈkʊəriː/; Hawaiian: Hōlanikū, lit. 'bringing forth heaven'; Mokupāpapa, 'flat island') or Ocean Island is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean 48...
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    400 kilometers) from the island of Hawaiʻi in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll. Formerly called the Sandwich Islands by Europeans (not by Kānaka Maoli...
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    island of Hawaiʻi to the northernmost Kure Atoll. Despite being within the boundaries of Hawaii, Midway Atoll, comprising several smaller islands, is...
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    therefore atolls are found only in the tropics and subtropics. The northernmost atoll in the world is Kure Atoll at 28°25′ N, along with other atolls of the...
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    a shallow water atoll about 6 mi (9.7 km) across. Following Kure Atoll, Midway is the 2nd most northerly atoll in the world. The atoll has some 20 mi (32 km)...
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    the State of Hawaii Kure Atoll (Mokupāpapa) at 28°23′24″N 178°17′42″W / 28.39000°N 178.29500°W / 28.39000; -178.29500 (Kure Atoll) 156-acre (0.63 km2)...
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    northwest to Kure Atoll, and the Emperor Seamounts: together they form a vast underwater mountain region of islands and intervening seamounts, atolls, shallows...
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    operation throughout the 1860s, but in 1870 wrecked on what is now known as Kure Atoll, a Pacific island. The event produced several books and one of the surviving...
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  • in the city Kure Naval Base Kure Station, a railway station on the Kure Line Kure Atoll, an island in the Pacific Ocean, part of Hawaii Kure Beach, North...
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    between any two points in the 50 states: 5,859 miles (9,429 km), from Kure Atoll, Hawaii, to Log Point, Elliott Key, Florida. Greatest distance between...
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