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Unnamed Seamount 2 Unnamed Seamount SMNT-037S-1746W is located at 3º 41.6' S, 174º 33.6' W west from McKean Island and is part of the Tokelau Seamounts on the Pacific Plate. It is 2835 m high with the top at -2400 m and the ocean bottom at -5235 m. The seamount has a volume of 577 km 3 and is fairly round with relatively smooth edges. There are six predominate peaks radiating out from a single summit. The seamount is connected by a saddle to another unnamed seamount to the north. 31
Unnamed Seamount 3 Unnamed Seamount SMNT-042S-1748W is located at 4º 11.2' S, 174º 49.7' W south-west from McKean Island and is part of the Tokelau Seamounts on the Pacific Plate. It is 4458 m high with the top at -1100 m and the ocean bottom at -5558 m. The seamount has a volume of 5934 km 3 and is slightly elongated. The edges are very irregular and two predominant rifts radiate out to the east and south of a peak in the northwest corner of the seamount. 32
Page 1 and 2: Nomination for a World Heritage Sit
Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Acronyms
Page 5 and 6: RNHP Regional Natural Heritage Prog
Page 7 and 8: Criteria under which property is no
Page 9 and 10: Map 1. Phoenix Islands Protected Ar
Page 11 and 12: 1. e) Maps and plans, showing the b
Page 13 and 14: SECTION 2. DESCRIPTION 2. a) Descri
Page 15 and 16: Meteorology PIPA is located in the
Page 17 and 18: To summarize, PIPA illustrates evol
Page 19 and 20: Topographic Features of Phoenix Isl
Page 21 and 22: Carondelet Reef and adjacent unname
Page 23 and 24: Fautasi Seamount Fautasi Seamount i
Page 25 and 26: Siapo Seamount Siapo Seamount is lo
Page 27 and 28: Tai Seamount Tai Seamount, featured
Page 29 and 30: Tau Tau seamount Tau Tau Seamount i
Page 31: Unnamed Seamount 1 Unnamed Guyot SM
Page 35 and 36: Vertical sections of the central Pa
Page 37 and 38: that the Phoenix Islands are affect
Page 39 and 40: The Phoenix Island reefs provide a
Page 41 and 42: A list of all coral species identif
Page 43 and 44: Kanton Atoll. - The relatively wide
Page 45 and 46: (dominated by T. squamosa) clams in
Page 47 and 48: 19) Other beaked whales, Mesoplodon
Page 49 and 50: Seamounts An important feature of P
Page 51 and 52: A research expedition led by the Ne
Page 53 and 54: Vegetation The islands have a spars
Page 55 and 56: Terrestrial fauna Terrestrial inver
Page 57 and 58: Preliminary estimates of number of
Page 59 and 60: - Important wintering grounds for A
Page 61 and 62: ISLAND SUMMARIES Descriptions and s
Page 63 and 64: Nikumaroro Land Area: 4.1 sq. km Al
Page 65 and 66: Nikumaroro is a classic tropical at
Page 67 and 68: Human Occupation: Inhabited by gove
Page 69 and 70: ackish pond in its center that is p
Page 71 and 72: Rawaki is the most important sea bi
Page 73 and 74: largest brackish lagoon with a dept
Page 75 and 76: Orona is the second largest atoll,
Page 77 and 78: Birnie Area: Land area 48.2 ha, tot
Page 79 and 80: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Page 81 and 82: The islands may have been visited a
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The Government of Kiribati (GoK), N
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The exceptional mid-ocean remotenes
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significantly altered the environme
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guttatus, A. nigricans, A. triosteg
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specifically demonstrable in PIPA,
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3. c) Comparative analysis (includi
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●The southeast tropical Pacific:
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Map extract courtesy Conservation I
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The Marine Protected Area that dese
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The only other island groups with c
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submerged reefs, seamount summits,
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SECTION 4. STATE OF CONSERVATION AN
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dominated this fishery. Korean long
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The island with the highest diversi
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Population estimates of mammal spec
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(ii) Environmental Pressures Climat
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There may be a number of unregulate
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(1) Requirements of the PIPA manage
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Local Government Act - The Local Go
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Birds -. In Schedule 1 of the Wildl
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PIPA Zonation Phase 1 - the current
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PIPA Management 2008- 2009 PIPA is
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(>$420,000 USD from 2008-2010). Thi
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6(6) Monitoring Programme 8(2) Mana
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under the Environment (Amendment) A
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GoK’s PIPA Director Mr. Tukabu Te
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Within PIPA there are about 50 peop
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1. Marine Ecosystem Monitoring Indi
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studies were carried out primarily
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Id. No Format (slide/ print/ video)
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Bikenibeu, Tarawa Republic of Kirib
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8. d) Official Web address http://
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SECTION 10. APPENDICES - PIPA MAPS
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Appendix 2. Location of the Phoenix
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Appendix 4. Bathymetry of PIPA. 150
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Appendix 6. PIPA Phase 2 Zonation m
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PHOENIX ISLANDS PROTECTED AREA (PIP
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