Global Range: (>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)) Pantropical and warm-temperate regions, rarely venturing into higher latitudes; Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. Nests on beaches generally between 25 degrees latitude north and south, including tropical Gulf Coast of Mexico, West Indies, Bahamas, and the Americas. Nesting in U.S. waters: Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico (including Isla Vieques, Isla Mona, and the Culebra group); infrequently on the Atlantic coast of central and southern Florida and the Florida Keys (Meylan 1992, Lund 1985) and in the southeastern Hawaiian chain (Hawaii, Molokai; Balazs 1982).