French Frigate Shoals

IFrench Frigate Shoals, yeyona ndawo inkulu kwiziqithi zaseHawaii ezikumantla ntshona.

Igama layo lithetha "i-frigate sandbanks " kwaye ukhumbula umhloli ongumFrentshi uJean-François de La Pérouse oye wasondela ekuphulukaneni neefrigate ezimbini xa ezama ukuhamba emanzini.

Ibekwe malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-487 nautical (902 km) kumntla-ntshona we -Honolulu, i-atoll ineekhilomitha ezingama-32 ze-coral reef emxinwa emise okwesiqingatha semicircle, ii-sandbar ze-12, kunye ne-atoll encinci ye-37 yemitha ye- La Perouse Pinnacle, ekuphela kwesikhumbuzo semvelaphi yayo ye-volcanic.

Umhlaba uwonke zizikwemitha ezingama-248,910, kodwa indawo enkulu yekorale inomhlaba ongaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezingama-940. Isiqithi saseTern sinendawo ye-105,270 square metres, sixhotyiswe nge-airstrip kunye nezindlu ezisisigxina kwinani elincinci labantu.

I-atoll ilawulwa yi-United States Fish and Wildlife Service kwaye isebenza njengesikhululo se -Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge .