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  2. Polynesian navigation - Wikipedia

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    Polynesian navigators thus employed a wide range of techniques including the use of the stars, the movement of ocean currents and wave patterns, the patterns of bioluminescence that indicated the direction in which islands were located, the air and sea interference patterns caused by islands and atolls, the flight of birds, the winds and the ...

  3. Ka Lae - Wikipedia

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    Ka Lae (Hawaiian: the point), also known as South Point, is the southernmost point of the Big Island of Hawaii and of the 50 United States. The Ka Lae area is registered as a National Historic Landmark District under the name South Point Complex. The area is also known for its strong ocean currents and winds and is the home of a wind farm.

  4. Ocean current - Wikipedia

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    Knowledge of surface ocean currents is essential in reducing costs of shipping, since traveling with them reduces fuel costs. In the wind powered sailing-ship era, knowledge of wind patterns and ocean currents was even more essential. Using ocean currents to help their ships into harbor and using currents such as the gulf stream to get back ...

  5. Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    Hawaii's ocean coastline is consequently the fourth-longest in ... Bathymetric map of main Hawaiian Islands. ... waves (i.e., by ocean currents), and wings (i.e ...

  6. Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System - Wikipedia

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    Among ocean characteristics reported are: [1] Currents forecast; Shoreline impacts such as high sea level; Buoy water characteristics including salinity, turbidity, and temperature; The PacIOOS website is hosted by the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and provides interactive graphs and map viewers. [4]

  7. Channels of the Hawaiian Islands - Wikipedia

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    The ʻAuʻau Channel is one of the most protected areas of ocean in the Hawaiian Islands, lying between Lānaʻi and Maui. The channel is also protected by Molokaʻi to the north, and Kahoʻolawe to the south. The depth of the channel reaches 108 feet (33 m), and its width is 8.8 miles (14.2 km).

  8. Climate of Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    Despite being small islands within the vast Pacific Ocean, the Hawaiian Islands have a surprising effect on ocean currents and circulation patterns over much of the Pacific. In the Northern Hemisphere, trade winds blow from northeast to southwest, from North and South America toward Asia, between the equator and 30 degrees north latitude ...

  9. Hawaiian Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Mokupuni Hawaiʻi) 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.