Hawaiian Islands
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| Locations | Pacific Ocean |
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| Population | 1. 375 million (2011) |
| Mountains | Mauna Loa |
| Haleakalā | |
| Koʻolau Range | |
| Waianae Range | |
| Did you know | The Hawaiian Islands were called the Sandwich Islands by Captain James Cook in 1778. |
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| ID | 864904 |
About Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaiʻi in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll.
What caused the Hawaii wildfires?
... Scientists also note that some parts of the Hawaiian Islands are covered with non-native grasses that are more flammable than native plants...
Maui fires: Survivors describe harrowing escapes from the flames
... " Ms Kemper, who has spent time in Maui and other Hawaiian Islands, explained that many of the buildings in the old town of Lahaina are made of wood, a legacy from when the town served as a major whaling port...
Mauna Loa eruption: What's happening inside the world's biggest volcano?
... " These plumes of magma formed the whole of the Hawaiian Islands...
Pacific Ocean garbage patch is immense plastic habitat
... The disaster caused tonnes of debris to be ejected into the Pacific ocean, and hundreds of coastal Japanese marine species were found alive on items that landed on the shores of the North American Pacific coast and the Hawaiian Islands...
