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Maro Reef (Hawaiian: Nalukakala) is a largely sunken coral atoll located in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It was found around 1820 by Captain Joseph Allen of the ship Maro, after whose ship a reef was known as. A big coral reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, it contains 37 coinage of stony coral. Set astir 850 miles (1,370 kilometer) northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, Maro Reef contains about I acre (4,000 m²) of dry land which itself may be submerged based on the tides.
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Maro Reef from Space Photograph of the reef taken from the space shuttle. |
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