kingman reef in English

noun

tropical coral reef located in North Pacific Ocean (half way between the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa) which forms a part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands

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1. Kingman Reef, a territory: For Capt. W.E. Kingman, who discovered the reef aboard the Shooting Star on 29 November 1853.

2. WHEN marine ecologist Enric Sala first set eyes on Kingman Reef, a remote spot in the Pacific, his heart started to beat like a drum.