Gardner Pinnacles

I-Gardner Pinnacles (Hawaiian: Pūhāhonu) zimbini ezingenanto zamatye ezijikelezwe liwa kwiZiqithi zaseHawaii ezikuMntla-ntshona.

Zifumaneka kumgama      kumntla-ntshona we -Honolulu kunye  ukusuka kwiFrench Frigate Shoals. Ummandla opheleleyo weziqithi ezibini ezincinci, iintsalela zentaba-mlilo yakudala, yi-24,030 m² (5,939 yeehektare). Indawo ephezulu ifikelela kwiimitha ezingama-52 (iinyawo ezingama-170). Ulwalwa olujikelezileyo lunommandla, olinganiselwa ngokugqithisileyo, we-2.42811 km² (0.937500 mi² okanye 600,000 yeehektare).

I-Gardner Pinnacles yafunyanwa okokuqala ngoJuni 2, 1820, yi-American whaler Maro ekhokelwa nguCaptain Joseph Allen.

I-Gardner Pinnacles iyikhaya kwezinye iintlobo zeentlanzi ezingafumanekiyo nakweyiphi na enye iZiqithi zaseMntla-ntshona zaseHawaii, kwaye zibonisa iintlobo ezininzi ze-coral kuneziqithi ezingabamelwane ze- Necker ne -Nihoa . Zininzi izinambuzane ezihlala kwezi ziqithi yaye olunye uphando luthi kuye kwafunyanwa iindidi ezimbini zezigcawu.

Ngenxa yokuba ziyingxenye yendawo yokusabela yendalo, ukufikelela kwi-Gardner Pinnacles kunqatshelwe emkhosini, kodwa benza indawo engagunyaziswanga kwi-1961-62 kwaye bavuthela phezulu kwi-outcrop ukuze benze i-helipad engxamisekileyo yeprojekthi ye-HIRAN yaseHawaii, umzamo wokufumanisa indawo echanekileyo yeziqithi ngeenjongo zokuhamba.  Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, incopho ayikalungiswa kwaye i-debris evela kuqhushumbo inokufunyanwa isasazeke kuyo yonke indawo. Iingqaqa ezikufuphi/iziqithi yiFrench Frigate Shoals kumzantsi-mpuma, kunye neMaro Reef emntla-ntshona.