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English: Location map of the complete Hawaiian island chain, USA. Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 109 %. Geographic limits of the map: ... You are free: to ...
The Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain is a mostly undersea mountain range in the Pacific Ocean that reaches above sea level in Hawaii.It is composed of the Hawaiian ridge, consisting of the islands of the Hawaiian chain northwest to Kure Atoll, and the Emperor Seamounts: together they form a vast underwater mountain region of islands and intervening seamounts, atolls, shallows, banks and reefs ...
The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands consist of nine main islands and innumerable islets, coral reefs, atolls, sandbar, and intermittent islands—some of which are officially named. All of these islands account for only 3.1075 sq mi (8.048 km 2 ) and have no permanent residents.
Name used in the default map caption; image = USA Hawaii island chain location map.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 30 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 17 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = -179 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees; right = -154 Longitude ...
The state of Hawaii counts 137 "islands" in the Hawaiian chain. [12] This number includes all minor islands (small islands), islets (even smaller islands) offshore of the major islands (listed above), and individual islets in each atoll. These are just a few: Kaʻula; Kāohikaipu; Lehua; Mānana; Mōkōlea Rock; Mokoliʻi; Moku Manu; Mokuauia ...
Hawaii (island) Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park; National Register of Historic Places listings in Hawaii; National Register of Historic Places listings on the island of Hawaii; Template:NRHP in Hawaii, Hawaii
Nihoa is part of the Hawaiian – Emperor seamount chain of volcanic islands, atolls, and seamounts starting from the island of Hawaiʻi in the southeast to the Aleutian Islands in the northwest. It is the youngest of ten islands in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), having formed 7.2 million years ago; the oldest, Kure Atoll ...
(Ma = million years) Map of the Hawaiian Islands and some of the Emperor seamounts showing progression in selected erupted lava ages along the chain (Ma = million years) The Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain is a series of volcanoes and seamounts extending about 6,200 km (3,900 mi) across the Pacific Ocean. [n 1] The chain was produced by the ...