What is Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument?
{{Infobox Protected area | name = Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument | iucn_category = V | photo = Red Fish at Papahānaumokuākea.jpg | photo_caption = [[Hawaiian squirrelfish]] at [[French Frigate Shoals]], Papahānaumokuākea | location = [[Hawaii]] / [[Midway Atoll]], [[United States Minor Outlying Islands]] | nearest_city = [[Honolulu, Hawaii]], USA | embedded1 = {{designation list | embed=yes | designation1 = WHS | deisgnation1_offname = Papahānaumokuākea | designation1_date = 2010 | designation1_type = Mixed | designation1_criteria = iii, vi, viii, ix, x | designation1_number = [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1326 1326] | designation1_free1name = State Party | designation1_free1value = {{USA}} | designation1_free2name = Region | designation1_free2value = Europe and North America }} | coordinates = {{Coord|25|42|00|N|171|44|00|W|format=dec|display=inline,title}} | area = {{convert|140000|sqmi|km2|-4}} | established = June 15, 2006 | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]], [[Fish and Wildlife Service]], [[Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources]] }} The '''Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument''' is a [[World Heritage]] site. It is often called '''Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument'''. The site covers {{convert|140000|sqmi|km2}} of ocean waters that includes ten islands and atolls. The size is larger than the country of [[Greece]]. The area was made a national monument by [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] on June 15, 2006. It became a World Heritage site on July 30, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=World Heritage Committee inscribes two new sites on World Heritage List|url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/640|publisher=UNESCO|accessdate=19 October 2013}}</ref> Papahānaumokuākea supports 7,000 species. One quarter of the species are [[endemism|endemic]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * UNESCO: [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1326 Wo