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The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Mokupuni Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from the island of Hawaiʻi in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll.
El archipiélago de Hawái (en inglés, Hawaiian Islands), antes conocidas como islas Sandwich (no confundir con las islas Sandwich del Sur), está formado por nueve islas y atolones, además de islotes, arrecifes y bancos de arena, en una alineación del noroeste al sureste a lo largo de 2450 km en el Pacífico Norte.
There are six major islands to visit in Hawaiʻi: Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui, and the island of Hawaiʻi! Each has its own distinct personality, adventures, activities and sights. We invite you to explore the Islands of Aloha to find your own heavenly Hawaiʻi experiences .
29 de sept. de 2021 · The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago that comprises 8 principal islands, several small islets, atolls, and seamounts spread over an area of 2,400km in the North Pacific Ocean. The Hawaiian Islands were formed by volcanic activity that originated from the Hawai'i hotspot in the earth’s mantle.
19 de oct. de 2023 · The six largest Hawaiian Islands—the Big Island, Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu, and Kauai—form a chain of islands running to the northwest. The islands appear in this pattern for a specific reason: They were formed one after the other as a tectonic plate, the Pacific Plate, slid over a plume of magma—molten rock—puncturing Earth’s crust.
Hawái es la isla más meridional del archipiélago. Las islas más cercanas al sur son las islas de la Línea. Hacia el norte se encuentra la isla de Maui, con el volcán Haleakala visible a través del canal Alenuihaha. Tiene una antigüedad de tan solo 400 000 años, que la hacen la más joven de todas.
Hawaii consists of 137 volcanic islands that comprise almost the entire Hawaiian archipelago (the exception, which is outside the state, is Midway Atoll). Spanning 1,500 miles (2,400 km), the state is physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania.
