Hawaii Marine Park Added To World Heritage Site List (PHOTOS)

Hawaii's Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument has been named a U.N. World Heritage site, according to USA Today.

The monument is the only U.S. location to make the list for natural and cultural reasons, according to Dan Dennison, a monument spokesman. It is the first U.S. site to be added in 15 years, joining the Grand Canyon and Statue of Liberty 20 others. There are 890 sites in total.

Papahanaumokuakea lies northwest of the main Hawaiian islands and consists of uninhabited atolls and 69% of the coral reefs in the U.S. The area also boats 7,000 marine species. The area also has Mokumanamana, which has a string of 34 ancient shrines.

Papahanaumokuakea is the 100 times larger than Yosemite and is the nation's largest conservation area.

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Above, people walk past the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, an Australian convict-era site. It is one of a selection of 11 penitentiaries distinguished as cultural heritage sites among the thousands established by the British Empire. They are located on the fertile coastal strip mainly around Sydney and in Tasmania, as well as on Norfolk Island and in Fremantle. They housed tens of thousands of men, women and children with each sites intended for a specific purpose, in terms both of punitive imprisonment and of rehabilitation through forced labor to help build the colony.

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Above, people walk past the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, an Australian convict-era site. It is one of a selection of 11 penitentiaries distinguished as cultural heritage sites among the thousands established by the British Empire. They are located on the fertile coastal strip mainly around Sydney and in Tasmania, as well as on Norfolk Island and in Fremantle. They housed tens of thousands of men, women and children with each sites intended for a specific purpose, in terms both of punitive imprisonment and of rehabilitation through forced labor to help build the colony.

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[DirectoryofKauai]

11:14 AM on 08/07/2010

More info on Papahanaumokuakea...
The small islands, reefs, and shoals of Papahānaumokuākea represent the longest, clearest, and oldest example of island formation and atoll evolution in the world - spanning 28 million years. The near pristine remote reefs, islands, and waters provide refuge and habitat for a wide array of threatened and endangered species and critical nesting and foraging grounds for 14 million seabirds making it the largest tropical seabird rookery in the world.
http://directoryofkauai.net/blog/papahanaumokuakea-world-heritage-site

[Chhana Hen]

08:06 AM on 08/06/2010

It is good site I like it because it combine many color also color of fishes too. If i have a chance i will go to visit it to see a beautiful viewing in undersea. I like like like it..

[BartelbytheScrivener]

08:30 PM on 08/03/2010

the one good thing bush did, " because i saw it on teeveee"