Maro Reef is a largely submerged atoll with only about 1 acre of land that is sometimes underwater. The surrounding reef habitat is about 475,000 acres in size.  Click here to see how big Maro Reef is compared to Aloha Stadium and its parking lot.

  Maro was discovered in 1820 by Captain Joseph Allen of the ship, Maro.

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  Maro is home to a number of Hawaiian monk seals.

Maro Links

• Learn more about Hawaiian monk seals
  
  
• Learn about the development of coral atolls
  
  
• Learn more about coral

Go to another island:

• Nihoa
• Necker
• French Frigate Shoals
• Gardner Pinnacles
• Laysan 
• Lisianski
• Pearl and Hermes
• Maro
• Midway
• Kure

Click here for a large scale map (1.2 Megs) of all of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to download and printout.