Kingman Reef
English
editEtymology
editNamed according to captain W. E. Kingman who described it in 1853. The reef had been earlier discovered by the American Captain Edmund Fanning in 1798.
Proper noun
edit- one of the US-administered Line Islands
Synonyms
edit- (pre-1900s names) Danger Reef, Caldew Reef, Maria Shoal, Crane Shoal
Translations
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