Data Collections

NWHI - Kure Atoll

Kure Atoll lies about 100 km WNW of Midway at longitude 178 degrees 20 minutes W and latitude 28 degrees 25 minutes N. As with all the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Kure Atoll is all that remains of a 28 million-year-old shield volcano. The atoll is about 10 km across. Kure Atoll lies at about 28 degrees 25 min- utes north latitude. This position puts Kure Atoll farther from the equator than any other shallow-water coral reef ecosystem on the earth.

Maps and Imagery

• Kure Atoll map: 192KB, JPG file
• Kure Atoll IKONOS image (13m): 302KB, JPG file
• Kure Atoll IKONOS image (8m): 561KB, JPG file
• Kure Atoll bathymetry image (13m): 251KB, JPG file
• Kure Atoll bathymetry image (4m)
• Kure Atoll habitat cover image (13m): 349KB, JPG file
• Kure Atoll habitat cover image (4m)
• Kure Atoll detailed habitat image (13m): 351KB, JPG file
• Kure Atoll detailed habitat image (4m)

Shapefiles

Download shapefiles which correspond to the detailed habitat class and aggregated cover imagery. Each zipped shapefile consists of 6 separate files, with the same root name and .dbf, .prj, .sbn, .sbx, .shp, and .shx extensions.

• Kure Atoll detailed habitat shapefile
• Kure Atoll habitat cover shapefile

Assisted Files and Data