Kure Atoll
Kure Atoll or Ocean Island is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean 48 nautical miles west-northwest of Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands at. A coral ring 6 miles across encloses a lagoon several meters deep.- Island
- Description: atoll of Hawaii
- Also known as“Buckles”“Cur锓Cure Island”“Cure’s Island”“Kur锓Kure Island”“Moku Papapa”“Ocean Island”“Papapa”“Staves Island”
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Latitude
28.41862° or 28° 25′ 7″ north
Longitude
-178.32549° or 178° 19′ 32″ west
Open location code
72W3CM9F+CR
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Xhosa—“Kure Atoll” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Atolón Kure”
- Asturian: “Kure”
- Basque: “Kure atoloia”
- Catalan: “Atol Kure”
- Cebuano: “Kure Atoll”
- Chinese: “库雷岛”
- Chinese: “库雷环礁”
- Chinese: “庫裏環礁”
- Chinese: “庫里環礁”
- Danish: “Kure Atol”
- Dutch: “Kure Atol”
- Esperanto: “Kure-atolo”
- Finnish: “Kure”
- French: “Kure”
- Galician: “Atol Kure”
- German: “Kure-Atoll”
- Hawaiian: “Mokupāpapa”
- Hungarian: “Kure-atoll”
- Indonesian: “Atol Kure”
- Italian: “Atollo di Kure”
- Japanese: “クレ環礁”
- Lithuanian: “Kurės atolas”
- Polish: “Atol Kure”
- Polish: “Kure”
- Polish: “Ocean”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Kure”
- Russian: “Куре”
- Slovenian: “Kure”
- Spanish: “Atolón Kure”
- Ukrainian: “Куре”
- Vietnamese: “Kure (rạn san hô vòng)”
- Vietnamese: “Rạn san hô vòng Kure”
- Xhosa: “Kure Atoll”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kure Atoll State Wildlife Sanctuary and Kure Fisheries Management Area.
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