Data Collections

NWHI - French Frigate Shoals

Approximately 1500 km ESE of Midway Atoll and 700 km WNW of Kaua'i lies French Frigate Shoals at longitude 166 degrees 10 minutes W and latitude 23 degrees 45 minutes N. French Frigate Shoals was formed approximately 13.8 million years ago as the Pacific Plate crossed over a "hotspot" in the earth's mantle. The Pacific Plate continues to move WNW at about 9 cm each year.

Maps and Imagery

• French Frigate Shoals map: 224KB, JPG file
• French Frigate Shoals IKONOS image (13m): 1,107KB, JPG file
• French Frigate Shoals IKONOS image (8m)
• French Frigate Shoals bathymetry image (13m): 1,073KB, JPG file
• French Frigate Shoals bathymetry image (4m)
• French Frigate Shoals habitat cover image (13m): 2MB, JPG file
• French Frigate Shoals habitat cover image (4m)
• French Frigate Shoals detailed habitat image (13m): 1,738KB, JPG file
• French Frigate Shoals 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.

• French Frigate Shoals detailed habitat shapefile
• French Frigate Shoals habitat cover shapefile

Assisted Files and Data