Kingman Reef

English thumb|270px|right|Dry strip of land on Kingman Reef with a coconut palm seedling Etymology Named 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 Kingman Reef One of the US-administered Line Islands. en October 2, 1872 August 31, 1872 Nathaniel Green Marine Journal The Friend 31/21 10 https://archive.org/details/friend2735unse/page/n310/ Honolulu 81 https://archive.org/details/friend2735unse/page/n314/ 3 KINGMAN'S REEF.—The following report in regard to this reef, has been received from the U. S. ship USS Resaca (1865) Resaca, Commander Green:August 31st, 1872.—At 1 o'clock, P M, on a wind heading NE 1/2 E, Kingman reef to windward bore SE 1/2 E, distance seven miles, making centre of the reef in lat 6° 27′ 30" N, long 162° 13′ 30" W, which nearly corresponds with the position as given by Capt Kingman. It is certainly a dangerous reef, the discolored water being observed to extend eight or nine miles, the sea combing over the ridge of the reef for a space of about three miles in an ENE and WSW direction. Several patches of white sand and coral were observed from the top even with the water's edge. en August 7, 1897 Editorial Western Electrician XXI 6 https://archive.org/details/westernelectrici21chic/page/71/ Chicago 2688-0032 1624326 76 https://archive.org/details/westernelectrici21chic/page/76/ 2–3 The Penguin left Sydney on April 10th, proceeding by way of Suva Fiji to Palmyra Island, where a party was landed to observe the tides. The steamer then proceeded to the north and made an accurate survey of Kingman reef, which was found to be 60 miles due north of Palmyra Island. en January 15, 1938 Chas. A. Morrison Short Waves Radio Guide VII 13 https://archive.org/details/radio-guide-1938-01-15/ Chicago, Ill. Regal Press, Inc. 29761668 44 https://archive.org/details/radio-guide-1938-01-15/page/n44/ 2 Pan-American Airways Company has established a 500-watt short-wave station aboard the S. S. Trade Wind, anchored at Kingman reef, a tiny coral atoll 1,067 miles south of Hawaii, on the recently inaugurated air-route between Honolulu, and Auckland, New Zealand. Synonyms en pre-1900s names Danger Reef, Caldew Reef, Maria Shoal, Crane Shoal Translations island Thai: th คิงแมนรีฟ Further reading en 1952 Kingman Reef Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 949 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/949/ 1 en 1998 Kingman Reef Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1565 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1565/ 3 en United States Minor Outlying Islands