Kingman Reef
English
Etymology
Named according to captain W. E. Kingman who described it in 1853. The reef had been earlier discovered by the American Captain Edmund Fanning in 1798.
Proper noun
Kingman Reef
- one of the US-administered Line Islands
Synonyms
- (pre-1900s names) Danger Reef, Caldew Reef, Maria Shoal, Crane Shoal