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Maro Reef

Maro Reef is a largely submerged coral atoll located in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It was discovered in 1820 by Captain Joseph Allen of the ship Maro, after whose ship the reef was named.
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  • Type: Reef
  • Description: shoal in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
  • Also known as: “Allens Reef”, “Dowsett”, “Dowsett Reef”, “Dowsetts Reef”, “Maro and Dowsetts Reefs”, and “Mary Reef”

Maro Reef

Latitude
25.47393° or 25° 28′ 26″ north
Longitude
-170.62604° or 170° 37′ 34″ west
Open location code
72QFF9FF+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7018402129
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­reef
Geo­Names ID
5850854
Wiki­data ID
Q519665
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Maro Reef” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شعاب مارو”
  • Basque: “Maro uharria”
  • Catalan: “escull Maro”
  • Catalan: “Escull Maro”
  • Cebuano: “Maro Reef”
  • Chinese: “马罗礁”
  • Dutch: “Maro Rif”
  • French: “Récif Maro”
  • Galician: “Arrecife Maro”
  • German: “Maro Reef”
  • Indonesian: “Karang Maro”
  • Japanese: “マロ環礁”
  • Lithuanian: “Maro rifas”
  • Polish: “Maro Reef”
  • Russian: “Маро”
  • Spanish: “Arrecife Maro”
  • Ukrainian: “Риф Маро”
  • Vietnamese: “Maro (rạn san hô)”
  • Vietnamese: “Maro”

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