French Frigate Shoals

The French Frigate Shoals is the largest atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, located about 487 nautical miles northwest of Honolulu. Its name commemorates explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, who nearly lost two frigates when attempting to navigate the shoals.
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  • Atoll
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (120 feet)
  • Description: atoll in Hawaii
  • Also known as
    “Basse des Fregates Frangaises”
    “Basse des Frigates Francaises”
    “Basse Francaise Shoal”
    “French Frigate Atoll”
    “French Frigate Schoals”
    “French Frigate Shoal”
    “French Frigates”
    “French Frigates Shoal”
    “Plutocrat”
    “Tern Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include East Island.
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is a low-lying, uninhabited island located… is situated 3½ km north of French Frigate Shoals.

French Frigate Shoals

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Latitude
23.75638° or 23° 45′ 23″ north
Longitude
-166.21145° or 166° 12′ 41″ west
Open location code
72MMQQ4Q+HC
Geo­Names ID
5855163
Wiki­data ID
Q936636

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Xhosa—“French Frigate Shoals” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شعاب الفرقاطة الفرنسية”
  • Basque: “French Frigate Shoals”
  • Catalan: “French Frigate Shoals”
  • Cebuano: “French Frigate Shoals”
  • Chinese: “法兰西护卫舰暗沙”
  • Chinese: “法国护卫舰沙洲”
  • Chinese: “法國軍艦環礁”
  • Chinese: “法國巡防艦環礁”
  • Chinese: “法蘭西護衛艦暗沙”
  • Danish: “French Frigate Shoals”
  • Dutch: “French Frigate Shoals”
  • Esperanto: “Francfregataj Sablejoj”
  • French: “Banc de sable de la Frégate française”
  • French: “Frégate française”
  • Galician: “Fragata Francesa”
  • Galician: “French Frigate Shoals”
  • German: “French Frigate Shoals”
  • Indonesian: “Beting Pergata Prancis”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau French Frigate Shoals”
  • Italian: “French Frigate Shoals”
  • Japanese: “フレンチフリゲート瀬”
  • Lithuanian: “Prancūzų fregatų sekluma”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “French Frigate Shoals”
  • Norwegian: “French Frigate Shoals”
  • Polish: “French Frigate Shoals”
  • Portuguese: “French Frigate Shoals”
  • Russian: “Френч-Фригат-Шолс”
  • Spanish: “French Frigate Shoals”
  • Ukrainian: “Френч-Фрігейт-Шолс”
  • Vietnamese: “Các bãi cạn Frigate Pháp”
  • Xhosa: “French Frigate Shoals”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bare Island and La Perouse Pinnacle.

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