Papahānaumokuākea
Marine National Monument
Multimedia Gallery

Experience the largest conservation area in the United States, witness amazing biodiversity, and learn why Papahānaumokuākea is significant to Native Hawaiians.

Northeast and Great Lakes Region

Mallows Bay-Potomac River Monitor Stellwagen Bank Thunder Bay

West Coast Region

Channel Islands Cordell Bank Greater Farallones Monterey Bay Olympic Coast

Pacific Islands Region

American Samoa Hawaii Humpback Whale Papahānaumokuākea

Southeast Region

Florida Keys Flower Garden Banks Gray's Reef
waves crash against rocks on a rocky coast

Climate Change in your Sanctuaries
Galapagos shark

Galapagos Sharks
A red squid

Whiplash Squid Investigates ROV
A sea spider

Sea Spider in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
A bright pink anemone

Deep-Sea Research in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
a hermit crab with an anemone in place of a shell

Hermit Crab in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
a polychaete worm on a rock

Polychaete Worm in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
two girls holding up frames with the text can you say it: Papahānamokuākea

How do you say Papahānaumokuākea?
fish swimming around a reef

Endemism in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
bird sitting on marine debris

Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Marine Debris
Bright pink coral

Okeanos Explorer
many sea turtles gathered on a beach

Green Sea Turtles
Brightly colored fish swim around a reef

Deep Reefs of Papahānaumokuākea
Close up of a green sea turtle

Green Sea Turtles
photo of the divers saving a sea turtle

Sea Turtle Rescue

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