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The following is a list of the islands in Hawaii. The state of Hawaii, consisting of the Hawaiian Islands, has the fourth-longest ocean coastline of the 50 states (after Alaska, Florida, and California) at 750 miles (1,210 km). It is the only state that consists entirely of islands, with 6,422.62 sq mi (16,634.5 km 2) of land.
The U.S. state of Hawaii occupies the archipelago almost in its entirety (including the mostly uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands), with the sole exception of Midway Atoll (a United States Minor Outlying Island). Hawaii is the only U.S. state that is situated entirely on an archipelago, and the only state not geographically connected ...
The umbrella term Pacific Islands has taken on several meanings. [1] Sometimes it is used to refer only to the islands defined as lying within Oceania. [2] [3] [4] At other times, it is used to refer to the islands of the Pacific Ocean that were previously colonized by the British, French, Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, or Japanese, or by the United States.
The Flag of Hawaii. [1] Seal. The Great Seal of the State of Hawaii. [2] Motto. " Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono " ("The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness") —. [3]
List of islands by area. Dymaxion map (Fuller map) with continental landmasses (I,II,III,IV) and largest islands (1–30) roughly to scale. This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown.
The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands include many atolls, and reefs. Due to Hawaii's isolation 30% of the fish are endemic (unique to the island chain). [1] In total the Hawaiian Islands comprise a total of 137 islands and atolls, with a total land area of 6,423.4 square miles (16,636.5 km 2). [2] This archipelago and its oceans are ...
Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death Kamehameha I Spring, 1795 – May 8, 1819 c. 1758 Moʻokini Heiau, Kohala, Hawaiʻi island son of Keōua and Kekuʻiapoiwa: various: May 8, 1819 Kamakahonu, Kailua-Kona, Kona, Hawaiʻi island aged 61? Kamehameha II May 20, 1819 – July 14, 1824 November 1797 Hilo, Hawaiʻi island son of Kamehameha I and ...
Satellite image of the Big Island of Hawaii, the largest island in the United States. Scale depiction of the 5 largest islands in the US, with some other significant islands. This is a list of islands of the United States, as ordered by area. It includes most islands with an area greater than 20 square miles (approximately 52 km 2).