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Niʻihau (Hawaiian: [ˈniiˈhɐw]), anglicized as Niihau (/ ˈ n iː (i) h aʊ / NEE-(ee-)how), is the seventh largest island in Hawaii and the westernmost of the main islands. It is 17.5 miles (28.2 km) southwest of Kauaʻi across the Kaulakahi Channel. Its area is 69.5 square miles (180 km 2). [3]
The Niihau Incident. Honolulu, HI: Heritage Press of Pacific. ISBN 0-9609132-0-3. Clark, Blake (1942). Remember Pearl Harbor!. New York: Modern Age Books. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Jones, Syd (2014). 'Niihau Zero: The Unlikely Drama of Hawaii's Forbidden Island Prior to, During, and After the Pearl Harbor Attack. Merritt Island ...
Puʻuwai (literally, "heart" in Hawaiian, [1] pronounced [puʔuˈvɐj]) is an unincorporated community in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States, [2] and the only settlement on the island of Niʻihau. It is at the western coast of the small island, and Native Hawaiians who live in this village speak the Niihau dialect of the Hawaiian language. The ...
Mount Pānīʻau is a shield volcano located on the Hawaiian island of Niʻihau. [1] It has an elevation of 1,289 feet (393 meters), thus making it Niʻihau's highest point. In addition to forming the island of Niʻihau, one of its tuff cones created the small island of Lehua , located 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north of Niʻihau, due west of Kauai .
Robinson has been credited for keeping numerous Hawaiian plants from becoming extinct, [7] including Cyanea pinnatifida, which is considered extinct in the wild. I've spent eighteen years and more than $250,000 doing this work, and I estimate it would cost the government or environmental groups $10–20 million to create a comparable reserve.
Elizabeth McHutcheson Sinclair (26 April 1800 – 16 October 1892) was a Scottish homemaker, farmer, and plantation owner in New Zealand and Hawaii, best known as the matriarch of the Sinclair family that bought the Hawaiian island of Niʻihau in 1864.
Niʻihau dialect (Standard Hawaiian: ʻŌlelo Niʻihau, Niʻihau: Olelo Matuahine, lit. 'mother tongue') is a dialect of the Hawaiian language spoken on the island of Niʻihau, more specifically in its only settlement Puʻuwai, and on the island of Kauaʻi, specifically near Kekaha, where descendants of families from Niʻihau now live.
Glass Beach (Eleele, Hawaii) South shore Fuji Beach: ... Niihau: The Traditions of a Hawaiian island. Honolulu, Hawaiʻi: Mutual Publishing. ... Wikipedia® is a ...