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Bookmark or Share- French Frigate Shoals - WikipediaThe French Frigate Shoals (Hawaiian: Kānemilohaʻi) is the largest atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Its name commemorates French explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, who nearly lost two frigates when attempting to navigate the shoals.
- French Frigate Shoals - To-Hawaii.comEncompassing 0.096 square miles (0.249 km²) of land, the French Frigate Shoals (Mokupāpapa) are comprised of about a dozen small islands, a 20-mile (32 km) long crescent-shaped reef, 12 sandbars and the 120 feet (36 m) high La Perouse Pinnacle, the only remains of the shoals' volcanic origins.
- French Frigate Shoals - Pacific WrecksThe French Frigate Shoals were first discovered on November 5, 1786 by French explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse when his frigate Broussole with Astrolabe while sailing from Monterey westward across the Pacific Ocean bound for Macao.
- Papahanaumokuakea Marine National MonumentThe many small islets of French Frigate Shoals provide refuge to the largest sub-population of endangered Hawaiian monk seals. Preserving this atoll is critical to their survival.
- Lalo: Science and Conservation - Bishop MuseumLalo, or French Frigate Shoals, is a partially submerged atoll 500 miles northwest of Honolulu in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Lalo is also known as Kānemiloha‘i (the name also given to Pele’s brother) and Mokupāpapa (“islets with low-lying reefs”); Lalo means “downward or leeward.”
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