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Tanager Expedition
The ''Tanager'' Expedition was a series of five biological surveys of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands conducted in partnership between the Bureau of Biological Survey and the Bishop Museum, with the assistance of the United States Navy. Four expeditions occurred from April to August 1923, and a fifth in July 1924. Led by Lieutenant Commander Samuel Wilder King on the minesweeper , and Alexander Wetmore directing the team of scientists, the expedition studied the plant animal life, and geology of the central Pacific islands. Noted members of the team include archaeologist Kenneth Emory and herpetologist Chapman Grant. The expedition began with the goal of exterminating domestic rabbits that had been introduced to Laysan island by the guano industry in 1902. Since that time, the rabbits had devoured Laysan's vegetation and led to the extinction of several endemic species. The rabbits were eventually eliminated on Laysan, and the crew witnessed the extinction of the Laysan honeycre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Tanager (AM-5)
USS ''Tanager'' (AM-5) was an acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. ''Tanager'' was named by the U.S. Navy after the tanager, one of numerous American passerine birds. ''Tanager'' (Minesweeper No. 5) was laid down on 28 September 1917 at New York City, by the Staten Island Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 2 March 1918; sponsored by Mrs. G. H. Bates; and commissioned on 28 June 1918. World War I Atlantic operations After operating locally out of Boston, Massachusetts through the late summer of 1918, ''Tanager'', in company with ''Western King'', departed New London, Connecticut, on 26 September 1918, bound for the Azores. The minesweeper subsequently operated out of Punta Delgada on local escort duties with the Azores detachment through the fall, before pushing on toward Portugal and reaching Lisbon on the day after Christmas 1918. Later in her tour in European waters, she delivered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihoa
Nihoa (; haw, Nīhoa ), also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu, is the tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). The island is located at the southern end of the NWHI chain, southeast of Necker Island. Nihoa is the closest NWHI in proximity to the eight main windward Hawaiian Islands at approximately northwest of the island of Kauai. The island has two peaks, Miller's Peak in the west, and Tanager Peak in the east. Nihoa's area is about and is surrounded by a coral reef. Its jagged outline gives the island its name, , which is Hawaiian for "tooth".. Captain William Douglas, the second Western explorer to find Nihoa, describes the island as "earingthe form of a saddle, high at each end, and low in the middle. To the south, it is covered with verdure; but on the north, west, and east sides it is a barren rock, perpendicularly steep..." The island is home to 25 species of plants and several animals, making it the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Necker Island Standing Stones
Necker may refer to: * Necker (surname) * ''Necker'' (ship), several ships * Neckerchief, cloth worn round the neck * Necker cube, optical illusion * Necker Island (Hawaii) * Necker Island (British Virgin Islands) * Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital See also *Neker (other) Neker may be: *an Old Swedish name for the nix water spirits *a Limburgish name for the river Jeker The Jeker (; french: Geer, ) is a river in Belgium and in the Netherlands. It is a left-bank tributary to the river Meuse. The source of the Jeker ... * Neckar (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihoa Millerbird
The Nihoa millerbird (''Acrocephalus familiaris kingi'') is a subspecies of the millerbird. It gets its name from its preferred food, the Miller moth. The long millerbird has dark, sepia-colored feathers, white belly, and dark beak. Its natural geographic range is limited to the tiny island of Nihoa in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, and it is hoped that birds translocated to Laysan will help to ensure the survival of the species. The Nihoa millerbird is one of the two endemic birds remaining on Nihoa, the other being the Nihoa finch. Only 200– 900 Nihoa millerbirds persist on the island, making the species seriously endangered. It is always at risk of extinction from environmental changes (droughts, fires, insect population irruptions), because flight away from the island would likely prove fatal. The Laysan millerbird, now extinct, was closely relate The trinomial commemorates Samuel Wilder King, captain of the Tanager Expedition and later Governor of Hawaii. Conservati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaranthus Brownii
''Amaranthus brownii'' was an annual herb in the family Amaranthaceae. The plant was found only on the small island of Nihoa in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, growing on rocky outcrops at altitudes of . It was one of nine species of ''Amaranthus'' in the Hawaiian Islands, as well as the only endemic Hawaiian species of the genus. It is now considered extinct. ''A. brownii'' was first discovered during the Tanager Expedition in 1923 by botanist Edward Leonard Caum. It differed from other Hawaiian species of ''Amaranthus'' with its spineless leaf axils, linear leaves, and indehiscent fruits. It was one of 26 vascular plants on Nihoa, 17 of which are indigenous, six alien, and three endemic only to Nihoa; these latter three included ''A. brownii'', the Nihoa fan palm or ''loulu'', and the Nihoa carnation. ''A. brownii'' was considered the rarest plant on Nihoa and was not directly observed on the island after 1983. Past expeditions collected plant samples and seeds, but n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaʻula
Kaʻula Island, also called Kaʻula Rock, is a small, crescent-shaped island in the Hawaiian Islands. Mythology In the legend of Papa and Wākea, Kaula is the seventh-born child. Geography It is located west-southwest of Kawaihoa Point on Niihau, and about west of Honolulu. The island is the top of a volcanic tuff cone that rests on top of a larger, submerged shield volcano. At its highest point, the island reaches a height of . The ocean has carved large sea cliffs on the sides of the island. There is a large cave on the northwest side of the island called Kahalauaola (Shark Cave). The United States Census Bureau defines Kaula as Census Tract 411 of Kauai County, Hawaii. The 2000 census showed that the uninhabited island had a land area of . Because of erosion, the island is slowly shrinking. Kaʻula, which he spelled as "Tahoora", was one of the first five islands sighted by Captain James Cook in 1778. Lighthouse A lighthouse was completed on the island in 1932 by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Necker Island (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)
Necker Island, in Hawaiian Mokumanamana ("Branched Island"), is a small island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It is located at in the Pacific Ocean, northwest of Honolulu, Hawaii, northwest of Nihoa, and north of the Tropic of Cancer. It is part of the State of Hawaii in the United States. It contains important prehistoric archaeological sites of the Hawaiian culture and is part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. The United States Census Bureau reports Necker Island's land area as . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starr 990615-0895 Coronopus Didymus
Starr may refer to: People and fictional characters * Starr (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * Starr (given name), a list of people and fictional characters Places United States * Starr, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Starr, South Carolina, a town * Starr County, Texas * Starr Township, Cloud County, Kansas * Starr Township, Hocking County, Ohio * Starr Historic District, Richmond, Indiana * Mount Starr, a mountain in California Antarctica * Starr Peninsula, Ellsworth Land * Starr Lake (McMurdo Station), Ross Island * Starr Nunatak, Victoria Land Elsewhere * Starr Gate, a location in Blackpool, Lancashire, England * 4150 Starr, a minor planet Buildings * Starr House (other), various houses on the United States National Register of Historic Places * Starr Mill, Middletown, Connecticut, on the National Register of Historic Places * Starr Arena, a sports facility in Hamilton, New York, United States Ships * HMS ''Starr'', va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Shoals
The French Frigate Shoals ( Hawaiian: Kānemilohai) is the largest atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Its name commemorates French explorer Jean-François de La Pérouse, who nearly lost two frigates when attempting to navigate the shoals. It consists of a crescent-shaped reef, twelve sandbars, and the La Perouse Pinnacle, the only remnant of its volcanic origins. The total land area of the islets is . Total coral reef area of the shoals is over . Tern Island, with an area of , has a landing strip and permanent habitations for a small number of people. It is maintained as a field station in the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The French Frigate Shoals are about northwest of Honolulu. In the 20th century, the shoals were used by the Imperial Japanese Navy as part of an operation to attack Hawaii; afterwards, a small United States Navy base was established there to prevent it from being used again. After th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Ryder Dickey
Donald Ryder Dickey (1887–1932) was an American ornithologist, mammalogist, and nature photographer. He collected 50,000 specimens and produced 7,500 photographs and moving images of nature subjects. At his death, his collection of bird and mammal specimens was the largest private collection in the United States. Biography Donald Ryder Dickey was born on March 31, 1887 in Dubuque, Iowa, the son of Anna Roberts Ryder and Ernest May Dickey (superintendent of the Diamond Joe Steamship Line). In 1902, Dickey and his mother, also an avid naturalist, joined a Sierra Club group hiking King's River Cañon and climbing Mount Whitney. Others on this trip included John Muir, C. Hart Merriam, Dr. Henry Gannett, historian Theodore Hittell and landscape artist William Keith. Dickey entered the University of California in 1906, but received his B.A. degree (with honors) from Yale University in 1910. His collegiate society memberships included Psi Upsilon, Elihu, and Phi Beta Kappa. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laysan Aerial
Laysan (; haw, italics=no, Kauō ), located northwest of Honolulu at , is one of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It comprises one land mass of , about in size. It is an atoll of sorts, although the land completely surrounds a shallow central lake some above sea level that has a salinity approximately three times greater than the ocean. Laysan's Hawaiian name, Kauō, means ''egg''. Geology Laysan is the second largest single landmass in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, after Sand Island at Midway Atoll. Laysan was created by coral growth and geologic upshift. The fringing reefs surrounding the island cover about . Lake Laysan, the , brown, hypersaline lake in the island's interior, has varied in depth over the decades. In the 1860s, the lake was at most deep, but by the 1920s it averaged deep, because of the buildup of sand that had been blown away in sandstorms. The best way to find fresh water on Laysan is to observe where the finches are drinking; the fresh water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kure Atoll
Kure Atoll (; haw, Hōlanikū, translation=bringing forth heaven; haw, Mokupāpapa, translation=flat island, label=none) or Ocean Island is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean west-northwest of Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands at . A coral ring six miles across encloses a lagoon several meters deep. The only land of significant size is called Green Island and is a habitat for hundreds of thousands of seabirds. A short, unused and unmaintained runway and a portion of one building, both from a former United States Coast Guard LORAN station, are located on the island. Politically, it is part of Hawaii, although separated from the rest of the state by Midway, which is a separate unorganized territory. Green Island, in addition to being the nesting grounds for tens of thousands of seabirds, has recorded several vagrant terrestrial birds, including snow bunting, eyebrowed thrush, brambling, olive-backed pipit, black kite, Steller's sea eagle and Chinese sparrowhawk. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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