Krusenstern Island
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Krusenstern Island is a toponym honoring the Baltic German explorer Adam Johann von Krusenstern
(1770 – 1846). It was and sometimes still is used for a number of places in the Pacific Ocean
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Adam Johann von Krusenstern
Adam Johann Ritter von Krusenstern , was an admiral and explorer, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe.- Life :...
(1770 – 1846). It was and sometimes still is used for a number of places in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
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at 22°15′N 175°37′W; it was deleted from maps after 1923 - "Krusenstern Islands" or "Krusenstern Reef" also was applied to islands in the Northwestern Hawaiian IslandsNorthwestern Hawaiian IslandsThe Northwestern Hawaiian Islands or the Leeward Islands are the small islands and atolls in the Hawaiian island chain located northwest of the islands of Kauai and Niihau. They are administered by the U.S. state of Hawaii except Midway Atoll, which has temporary residential facilities and is...