Interesting Hawaii facts
I thought while we are taking this trip around the world I would find some interesting facts of the places we are going to. Some of the places in the future I have never even heard of. Only posted a few today. I will try to post something new everyday till we arrive.
Hawaii
1.) The State of Hawaii is composed of 132 islands, reefs and shoals that extend for over 1500 miles across the central North Pacific Ocean from the "Big Island" of Hawaii to Midway and Kure Atolls.
2.) The eight main high islands of the Hawaiian Archipelago include Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Niihau and Kahoolawe (listed in order of size) which extend for only 350 miles at the south-eastern end of the volcanic mountain-island chain.
3.) Hawaii includes some of the Earth's largest mountains, rising from oceanic depths of greater than 18,000 feet to a height above sea level of nearly 14,000 feet. Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island are volcanic mountains with a total relief of nearly 32,000 feet.
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