The islands of hawaii names. Lanai the private isle was the pineapple isle niihau the forbidden isle. Hawaii is the youngest of the 50 states of the us. The state of hawaii officially recognizes only 137 islands in the state which includes four islands of the midway atoll.
And the only one that is entirely an archipelago or chain of islands. Hawaii is typically recognized by its eight main islands. Oahu the gathering place.
Its located in the central pacific ocean southwest of the continental us southeast of japan and northeast of australiait is made up of over 100 islands and of the eight main islands that make up the aloha state only seven are inhabited. Kauai the garden isle. Hawaii county honolulu county kalawao county kauai county and maui county.
Maui is part of the state of hawaii and is the largest of maui county s four islands which include molokai lanai and unpopulated kahoolawe. Nihoa mokumana necker mokumanamana french frigate shoals kanemilohai gardner pinnacles puhahonu maro reef nalukakala laysan kauo lisianski island papaapoho. In order of most populous the islands are oahu the big island of hawaii maui kauai molokai lanai niihau and kahoolawe.
Hawaii the big island. Molokai the friendly isle. With 562 square miles kauai is the fourth largest of the hawaiian islands as well as the fourth most visited by tourists.
Smaller islands atolls and reefs all west of niihau are uninhabited except midway atoll form the northwestern hawaiian islands or hawaiian leeward islands. Kauais nickname is the garden island because of its tropical. Once upon a time a fishing shrine known in hawaiian as koa stood in the center of the island.
Hawaii maui kahoolawe lanai molokai oahu kauai and niihau. In 2010 maui had a population of 144444 third highest of the hawaiian islands behind that of oahu and hawaii island. Kahoolawe the target isle.
This was an alter made of rocks and old fishermen would leave fish as an offering. Review since the meanings of many of the hawaiian words and phrases used to identify places in the islands have. The state of hawaii is made up of five counties.
Maui the valley isle.