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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). [21]
Description. The area was named after the dominating geological feature Kohala Mountain, [3] the oldest of Hawaiʻi Island's five major volcanic mountains. The current districts cover the north and western sides of the mountain, 20°7′55″N 155°47′38″W. It was one of the five ancient divisions of the island called moku.
The island of Maui has the most residents at 117,644 (76% of the county's population). It is also the largest of the county's islands with 727.2 sq mi (1,883 km 2) of land—the state's second largest island and the 17th largest in the country. At 44.6 sq mi (116 km 2), Kahoʻolawe is the state's largest island with no permanent inhabitants ...
Hawaiʻi Nickname: The Big Island, Moku o Keawe Landsat mosaic, 1999–2001 Location in the state of Hawaii Geography Location North Pacific Ocean Coordinates 19°36′N 155°30′W / 19.6°N 155.5°W / 19.6; -155.5 Area 4,028 sq mi (10,430 km 2) Area rank Largest Hawaiian Island Highest elevation 13,803 ft (4207.2 m) Highest point Mauna Kea Administration United States Symbols ...
December 29, 1962 [3] Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in the Kona District on the Big island of Hawaiʻi in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi. It includes the National Historic Landmarked archaeological site known as the Honokōhau Settlement. The park was established on November 10, 1978 ...
Hawaii(/həˈwaɪ.i/ ⓘhə-WY-ee;[9]Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi[həˈvɐjʔi,həˈwɐjʔi]) is an island stateof the United States, in the Pacific Oceanabout 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. It is the only state not on the North Americanmainland, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state in the tropics.
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Hawaii listed on the National Register of Historic Places. More than 370 listings appear on all but one of Hawaii's main islands (Niihau being the exception) and the Northwestern Islands, and in all of its five counties. Included are houses, schools, archeological sites, ships, shipwrecks ...
The history of Hawaii is the story of human settlements in the Hawaiian Islands. Polynesians arrived sometime between 940 and 1200 AD. [1][2] Kamehameha I, the ruler of the island of Hawaii, conquered and unified the islands for the first time, establishing the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1795. [3] The kingdom became prosperous and important for its ...