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The island is coterminous with Hawaiʻi County, the state's only county that covers exactly one island. There are 94 properties and districts on the island, including 10 historic districts, six National Historic Landmarks, and one National Historic Landmark District.
These birds stay closer to land than other Hawaiian seabirds, typically returning to their roosts at night. Mōlī (Laysan albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis) navigate across thousands of miles of open ocean to return to their nesting grounds, mostly on remote Pacific islands. They have elaborate courtship rituals, which include sky-pointing ...
Kilauea Point Lighthouse Huliheʻe Palace. The following are approximate tallies of current listings by island and county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site, all of which list properties simply by county; [3] they are here divided ...
Haleakalā National Park, on the island of Maui, is steeped in Hawaiian history and lore. ... The nēnē is Hawaii's state bird and endemic to the islands. ... Hikers are also encouraged to bring ...
James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge lies at the northernmost tip of the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu, between the town of Kahuku to the east and Turtle Bay to the west. It serves as a strategic landfall for migratory birds coming from as far away as Alaska, New Zealand, and Asia. The refuge is divided into two units, Punamano and Kiʻi.
'the backbone of heaven'; Pihemanu, 'the loud din of birds') [3] [4] is a 2.4 sq mi (6.2 km 2) atoll in the North Pacific Ocean. Midway Atoll is an insular area of the United States and is an unorganized and unincorporated territory. The largest island is Sand Island, which has housing and an airstrip.
Sea Life Park Hawaii is a marine mammal park, bird sanctuary and aquarium [2] in Waimānalo near Makapuʻu Point, north of Hanauma Bay on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, United States. The park first opened in 1964 and was acquired in 2008 by Palace Entertainment , the U.S. subsidiary of Parques Reunidos [ 3 ] from Dolphin Discovery, which had ...
Kualoa Regional Park is located at Kāneʻohe Bay, on the island of Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The park covers 153 acres (61.92 ha; 0.24 sq mi) across the road from the Pali-ku (cliffs) of the Koʻolau Range. The beach front is white sand [1] and 1/3 mile offshore is the small basalt island of Mokoliʻi (or Chinaman's Hat).