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Paleogene Oceania

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Midway Atoll
atoll of the United States Minor Outlying Islands
Necker Island
small island in Hawaii
Laysan
Laysan (; ) is one of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, located northwest of Honolulu. It has one land mass of , about in size. It is an atoll of sorts, although the land completely surrounds Laysan Lake, some above sea level, that has a salinity approximately three times greater than the ocean. Laysan's Hawaiian name, Kauō, means "egg".
Kure Atoll
atoll of Hawaii
Nihoa
thumb|upright=1.4|Map showing the location of Nīhoa in the Hawaiian island chain Nīhoa, also written Nihoa and also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu, is the tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). The island is located at the southern end of the NWHI chain, southeast of Necker Island. Nīhoa is the closest NWHI in proximity to the eight main windward Hawaiian Islands at approximately northwest of the island of Kauaʻi. The island has two peaks, Miller's Peak in the west, and Tanager Peak in the east. Nīhoa's area is about and is surrounded by a
French Frigate Shoals
atoll in Hawaii
Gardner Pinnacles
island in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Lisianski Island
island in Hawaii
Pearl and Hermes Atoll
atoll of Hawaii
Maro Reef
shoal in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Palaeeudyptes
Palaeeudyptes is an extinct genus of large penguins, currently containing four accepted species. They were probably larger than almost all living penguins, with the smaller species being about the size of an emperor penguin, and the largest species, Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, estimated to reach long (measuring tip of beak to tail) and weighed up to .
Bewani Mountains
mountain in Papua New Guinea
Otekaikea
Otekaikea is an extinct genus of toothed whale closely related to Waipatia. It is known from the late Oligocene (Chattian) of New Zealand.
Kammu Seamount
seamount in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain in the Pacific Ocean