2006-06-27 17:00:20 · 6 answers · asked by jadee_kiwi 2 in Environment
A total of 19 islands and atolls comprise the Hawaiian Islands, with a total land area of 16,636 km2 (6,423.4 square miles).
The eight main Hawaiian islands (all inhabited except for Kaho‘olawe) are, listed here from south to north:
Hawai‘i (also known as the Big Island)
Maui
Kaho‘olawe (uninhabited; temporary residential facilities)
Lāna‘i
Moloka‘i
O‘ahu
Kaua‘i
Ni‘ihau
Smaller islands, atolls, and reefs (beyond Ni‘ihau and all uninhabited); called the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands:
Ka‘ula
Nihoa
Necker (Mokumanamana)
French Frigate Shoals (Mokupāpapa)
Gardner Pinnacles (Pūhāhonu)
Maro Reef (Nalukakala)
Laysan (Kauō)
Lisianski Island (Papa‘āpoho)
Pearl and Hermes Reef (Holoikauaua)
Midway (Pihemanu) (temporary residential facilities)
Kure (Kānemiloha‘i)
2006-06-27 17:04:41 · answer #1 · answered by thematrixhazu36 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the Hawaiian islands are a result of volcanic activity.
2006-06-29 18:24:31 · answer #2 · answered by meagain2238 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
islands are, in order from the northwest to southeast, Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, Maui and the Island of Hawaiʻi.
2006-06-27 17:13:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
islands
2006-06-27 17:05:31 · answer #4 · answered by KENT S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are 8 total, Hawai,maui,oahu,kauai, lanai, niihau
molokai,kahoolawe.
You can find these in the road map by state farm ins co.
2006-06-27 17:17:30 · answer #5 · answered by cookiedada 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
big mounds of dirt sticking out of the ocean.
2006-06-30 12:09:29 · answer #6 · answered by Farmer Andy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋