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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 Hawaiian Islands ( Hawaiian: Mokupuni Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from the island of Hawaiʻi in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll. Formerly called the Sandwich Islands[ a] by Europeans ...
Norway. Mageshima. Ōsumi Islands part of the Satsunan Islands group of the Ryukyu Islands. Japan. Magusaiai. Shortland Islands. Solomon Islands. Maiao. Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia.
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.
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).
Island's Name Island group(s) Country/Countries Kachelotplate: East Frisian Islands Germany Kácsa-sziget: Tisza Hungary: Kagalaska: Andreanof Islands group of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska United States Kahoolawe: Hawaiian Islands United States Kakawaie: Lake Kagawong, Ontario Canada Kakeromajima
This is a list of census-designated places in Hawaii. There are no separately incorporated cities in the entire state; Honolulu is both a city and county. There are 151 census-designated places.
Iniki brought winds of 140 miles per hour (230 km/h). [ 22] September 1992: Hurricane Orlene struck Hawaii as a tropical depression causing heavy rainfall, washing out roads, shortly after Iniki ravaged the island. [ 22] July 1993: Hurricane Eugene dropped valuable rain on the state as it dissipated.