Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (Hawaii)

found: Wikipedia, June 15, 2006(Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument; proclaimed by President George W. Bush on June 15, 2006 under the 1906 Antiquities Act. A new native Hawaiian name will be chosen by state residents; covers roughly 140,000 square miles (360,000 sq km) of reefs, atolls and shallow sea in the Pacific Ocean; about 132,000 square miles of the monument was already part of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve or the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge; IUCN Category III (Natural Monument))

found: The White House Web site, June 15, 2006:home page (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument; Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument) proclamation text (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument)

found: Papahā̄̄naumokuā̄kea Marine National Monument : draft management plan, 2008:v. 1, t.p. verso (vast marine protected area) p. ES-1 (on June 15, 2006, President George W. Bush issued Presidential Proclamation 8031 establishing the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument, under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906; Proclamation 8031 was later amended on March 6, 2007, to establish the Hawaiian name of the monument, Papahā̄̄naumokuā̄kea Marine National Monument, and clarify some definitions)