Gardner Pinnacles . Hawaiian name: Puhahonu (“turtle surfacing for air”). Named after the two pinnacles of volcanic rock that make it a distinctive landmark for mariners.

The Gardner Pinnacles are all that is visible of the world's largest volcano Pūhāhonu. NOAA. The biggest volcano on Earth may lie hidden in the sea 590 miles (952 kilometers) northwest of ...

Gardner Pinnacles appear barren but host several species of seabirds and is part of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2005. (Lucy Pemoni/AP via CNN Wire) ...

The small peaks above sea level have also been known as “Gardner Pinnacles.” American whaler Maro first sighted Pūhāhonu in 1820, and the crew of a Russian vessel first landed on it in 1828.

Pūhāhonu, which means “turtle rising for breath” in Hawaiian, partly consists of two rocky outcrops in the Pacific, previously known as the Gardner Pinnacles. The vast majority of the ...

Researchers from UH Manoa recently found that The Gardner Pinnacles, also known by its Hawaiian name Pūhāhonu, is nearly twice the size of Mauna Loa. The size difference is clearly noticeable in ...

There was a time when the ocean waters around the Northwest Hawaiian Islands were thought to be marginal as breeding grounds for humpback whales. A 1976 aerial and shipboard survey found few, if ...

The visible islands atop Puhahonu have been known as Gardner Pinnacles, but the study team hopes to bring attention to its proper name.. Said study lead Michael Garcia, "We are sharing with the ...

Researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa revealed the largest and hottest shield volcano on Earth--Pūhāhonu, a volcano within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

"Nihoa, Necker, French Frigate Shoals, Gardner Pinnacles, Maro Reef, Laysan, Lisianski, Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Midway, Kure - the remote, uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands form a 1,100-mile ...

With two barren peaks that rise only about 170 feet above sea level, the now extinct Pūhāhonu volcano in the Northwestern Hawaii Islands doesn't look like much. This is especially true since in ...

With two barren peaks that rise only about 170 feet above sea level, the now extinct Pūhāhonu volcano in the Northwestern Hawaii Islands doesn’t look like much. This is especially true since … ...