Carondelet Reef is a horseshoe-shaped reef, presumably a submerged atoll formation, among the Phoenix Islands (also known as the Rawaki Islands) in the Republic of Kiribati. It lies 106 kilometers southeast of Nikumaroro, has a least depth of about 1.8 meters (5.9 feet), and is reported to be approximately 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) long; the sea occasionally breaks over it. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Protected StatusUNESCO World Heritage Site 1 Protected StatusLocally or Regionally Protected 1 Connections
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Carondelet Reef
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1. UNEP-WCMC and IUCN: Protected areas at the coordinates of Carondelet Reef, World Database on Protected Areas
UNEP-WCMC and IUCNname_eng and desig_eng
"name_eng": "Phoenix Islands Protected Area", "desig_eng": "Protected Area"
desig_eng, designation 26 of the point search
"name_eng": "Phoenix Islands Protected Area", "desig_eng": "World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)"
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Carondelet Reef is a horseshoe-shaped reef, presumably a submerged atoll formation, of the Phoenix Islands, also known as the Rawaki Islands, in the Republic of Kiribati.
Wikidata: Carondelet Reef
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