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Jerome M. Levi: "Tarahumara (Rarámuri)", In: David Carrasco, editor-in-chief. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures, Vol. 3. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001: 183–185. Joseph Wampler: Mexico's 'Grand Canyon': The Region and the Story of the Tarahumara Indians and the F.C. Chihuahua al Pacifico, (Berkeley: Self-Published, 1978.
Hawaiʻi island (the Big Island) is the biggest and youngest island in the chain, built from five volcanoes. Mauna Loa, taking up over half of the Big Island, is the largest shield volcano on the Earth. The measurement from sea level to summit is more than 2.5 miles (4 km), from sea level to sea floor about 3.1 miles (5 km). [16]
The island of Hawaiʻi is the third largest island in Polynesia, behind the North Island and South Island of New Zealand. [2] The island is often referred to as the Island of Hawai'i or Hawai'i Island to distinguish it from the state. It is also referred to as The Big Island, due to its size relative to the
Like with Spam musubi, much of Hawaii’s local cuisine is made up of the foods from the different cultures that came to Hawaii as foreign laborers on plantations growing crops like sugar and ...
East Island is an island, formerly about 11 acres (45,000 m 2) in area, one-half mile (800 m) long and 400 feet (120 m) wide, now greatly reduced in size. [1] It was the second-largest in the French Frigate Shoals , and is one of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands , approximately 550 miles (890 km) northwest of Honolulu . [ 2 ]
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The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands include many atolls, and reefs. Due to Hawaii's isolation many mushroom species are endemic (unique to the island chain). 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). [1]
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located on the west coast of the island of Hawaiʻi in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The historical park preserves the site where, up until the early 19th century, Hawaiians who broke a kapu (one of the ancient laws) could avoid certain death by fleeing to ...