| The Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement: Roles of and Impacts on Non-Hawaiians By Anthony Castanha, August 1996 |
Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lanai, Kaho`olawe, Maui, and Hawai`i
are the main inhabited islands of the Hawaiian Archipelago, shown below from nearest to farthest.
Ka Pae `Aina O Hawai`i Nei (the Hawaiian Archipelago) comprises 132 islands, reefs and shoals, stretching 1,523 miles (2,451 kilometers) southeast to northwest across the Tropic of Cancer between 154 40' to 178 25' W longitude and 18 54' to 28 15' N latitude, consisting approximately of a total land area of 6,425 square miles (16,642 square kilometers), including 1 percent of less than six square miles of land area made up of islands off the shores of the main islands and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, from Kure Atoll in the North to Nihoa in the South, also Palmyra Island, Midway and Wake Islands.
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| The Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement: Roles of and Impacts on Non-Hawaiians By Anthony Castanha, August 1996 |