Hawaiian name: Papa’apoho (“flat island with a depression”). Named after Urey Lisianski, a Russian navy captain whose ship, the Neva, ran aground on the island in 1805. Highest point is only 40 feet.

Could a Hawaiian monk seal mom have given birth to twin pups at Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument this year? National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researchers believe this is a ...

Lisianski Island in the North Pacific Ocean is remote. So remote that if you didn't know exactly where to look, you'd probably never be able to find it. Elevated at just 40 feet above sea level, the ...

The black-and-white photographs come in a variety of sizes, documenting field work completed on Lisianski Island for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, 1963. Includes an envelope of images ...

Google Maps is intended as a functional tool for users - which makes its decision to capture an uninhabited island rather baffling. Lisianski Island in the North Pacific Ocean is a place people will ...

The black and white photographs documents field work completed during the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program on Lisianski Island, March 1965. Photographs were taken by William Wirtz. Images have ...