2010年7月30日，夏威夷的帕帕哈瑙莫夸基亚國家海洋保護區

被联合国教科文组织（United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization）列入世界遗产名录.

美国夏威夷的帕帕哈瑙莫夸基亚國家海洋保護區（Hawaii’s Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument）位于太平洋海域，面积达362,073平方公里，属全世界最大的海洋保护区之一。这里的珊瑚礁群是7,000 多种海洋生物的栖息地，其中四分之一的物种只生活在这个地区。图为著名的夏威夷蓝鰭鰺。

绿海龟和夏威夷僧海豹等濒危动物也生活在这里。

Papahānaumokuākea 一词来源于关于Papahānaumoku（大地为母）和Wākea （苍天为父）的传说。按照夏威夷的传统习俗，大地和苍天为这个岛屿带来了生命，被人们尊为父母，成为最值得敬重的夏威夷原主民始祖。

2010年7月30日，帕帕哈瑙莫夸基亚國家海洋保護區被联合国教科文组织（United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization）列入世界遗产名录，成为被列入名录的又一个美国景观。目前有936处景观被列入世界遗产名录。帕帕哈瑙莫夸基亚國家海洋保護區是47处海洋景观之一，也是世界遗产名录中唯一的复合遗产。

Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in Hawaii is a precious cultural and natural addition to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites.

Hawaii’s Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world. It encompasses 362,073 square kilometers of the Pacific Ocean. The coral reefs found in Papahānaumokuākea are home to more than 7,000 marine species (including the bluefin trevally, above), one-quarter of which are found nowhere else.

Other species found there are the threatened green turtle and the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.

The name Papahānaumokuākea relates to the story of Papahānaumoku (a mother figure who is personified in the earth) and Wākea (a father figure who is personified in the sky). In Hawaiian culture, these two figures are responsible for the creation of the entire archipelago, and they are the most recognized ancestors of the Native Hawaiian people.

On July 30, 2010, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument became the most recent U.S. site to be named a World Heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). There are currently 936 sites. Papahānaumokuākea is one of only 47 marine sites recognized and one of only 28 “mixed” sites, recognized for both their natural and cultural value.