Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
| Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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August 2016 boundary and location on Earth
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| Location | Honolulu County, Hawaii / Midway Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands |
| Nearest city | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 25°42′00″N 171°44′00″W / 25.70000°N 171.73333°WCoordinates: 25°42′00″N 171°44′00″W / 25.70000°N 171.73333°W |
| Area | 583,000 square miles (1,510,000 km2) |
| Established | June 15, 2006 |
| Governing body | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Fish and Wildlife Service, Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources |
| Website | Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument |
| Official name | Papahānaumokuākea |
| Type | Mixed |
| Criteria | iii, vi, viii, ix, x |
| Designated | 2010 (34th session) |
| Reference no. | 1326 |
| State Party |
 United States
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| Region | Europe and North America |
The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (roughly /pɑːpɑːˈhɑːnaʊmoʊˌkwɑːkeɪə/) is a World Heritage listed U.S. National Monument encompassing 583,000 square miles (1,510,000 km2) of ocean waters, including ten islands and atolls of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Created in June 2006 with 140,000 square miles (360,000 km2), it was expanded in August 2016 by moving its border to the limit of the exclusive economic zone, making it the world's second largest protected area. It is internationally known for its cultural and natural values as follows:
"The area has deep cosmological and traditional significance for living Native Hawaiian culture, as an ancestral environment, as an embodiment of the Hawaiian concept of kinship between people and the natural world, and as the place where it is believed that life originates and to where the spirits return after death. On two of the islands, Nihoa and Makumanamana, there are archaeological remains relating to pre-European settlement and use. Much of the monument is made up of pelagic and deepwater habitats, with notable features such as seamounts and submerged banks, extensive coral reefs and lagoons."
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