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A Gardner Pinnacles (Hawaiian: Pūhāhonu) are ii barren rock outcrops surrounded by the reef & placed 946 kilometer (588 miles) northwest of Honolulu in the Hawaiian Islands at . A number metropolitan area of the 2 little isle—remnants of an ancient volcano—is Pentad estate (20,000 m²). A circumferent reef has an metropolitan area inside excess of 600,000 acres (2,400 klick²).

Gardner Pinnacles was number 1 found in June Two, 1820 per U.s. whaler Maro commanded by Captain Joseph Allen.

In the Hawaiian Archipelago, adjacent islands/reefs come French Frigate Shoals to the southeast, and Laysan to the northwest.

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Gardner Pinnacles
Entry for the Gardner Pinnacles in the Columbia Gazetteer of North America.

Jane's Gardner Pinnacles
Detailed information on the Gardner Pinnacles including history, pictures, sketches and geography.






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