The slopes of Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Kingman Reef were first surveyed in 2005 by the University of Hawaiʻi and NOAA's Hawaiʻi Undersea Research Laboratory's Pisces IV and V submersibles. Here, one of the Pisces submersibles rests in a notch between two pinnacles, next to a large gold coral fan. The terrain on the slopes of these islands was extremely rugged, posing challenges for the submersible pilots. We expect to see similar topography during NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer surveys at these islands.