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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). [16]
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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 ...
With an area of 4,028 sq mi (10,430 km 2), it is larger than all of the other islands of Hawaii combined, encompassing approximately 62.7% of the entire state's land area. It is also the largest island in the United States. In modern times, Hawaiʻi is known commonly as the "Big Island" to reduce confusion between the island and the state itself.
Oʻahu and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (except Midway Atoll) 989,408: 597 sq mi (1,546 km 2) Kalawao County: 005: 1905: The village of Kalawao on Molokaʻi: The Kalaupapa Peninsula on Molokaʻi: 81: 5.2 sq mi (13 km 2) Kauai County: 007: Lihue: 1905: Kauai, the largest of the islands in the county; name possibly derived from Kauaʻi, the ...
The Hawaiian Islands are about 2,500 miles (4,000 km) from North America and 3,800 miles (6,100 km) from Asia, and it is because of this isolation that the Hawaiian Islands have extraordinary numbers of unique species. [9] Only a species that could fly or swim immense distances could reach the archipelago.
It sits at the southern foot of Kohala, the oldest volcano on the island, and it is near the northwestern base of Mauna Kea, the highest volcano. Waimea's post office name "Kamuela" is the Hawaiian name for "Samuel", after Samuel Parker (1853–1920), the grandson of John Parker. [10] [11] [12]
Nihoa (/ n iː ˈ h oʊ. ə /; Hawaiian: Nīhoa [niːˈhowə] or Hawaiian: Nihoa), also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu, is the tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). The island is located at the southern end of the NWHI chain, 296 km (160 nmi) southeast of Necker Island.