Kingman Reef
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Kingman_Reef_Oct_2003.jpg/270px-Kingman_Reef_Oct_2003.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- one of the US-administered Line Islands
Synonyms
[edit]- (pre-1900s names) Danger Reef, Caldew Reef, Maria Shoal, Crane Shoal
Translations
[edit]island
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