Hawaii's Forgotten Islands

The US State of Hawaii lies on an island chain in the tropical North Pacific, and is the newest of the US’s 50 states. But there's more to Hawaii than you probably realize - literally! We're going to take a look at the Hawaiian islands that you won't find on most maps, which extend more than a thousand miles out into the Pacific. Let's explore!

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:22 How Hawaii formed
1:11 Hawaii's main islands
3:10 The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
7:22 Beyond Kure
7:47 Hawaii's next island?
8:27 Conclusion

Correction: 1:47 The islands are to Maui's West, not East

Sources & Links:

Encyclopedia Britannica

Geochemistry of Lavas from the Emperor Seamounts, and the Geochemical Evolution of Hawaiian Magmatism from 85 to 42 Ma M. REGELOUS, A. W. HOFMANN, W. ABOUCHAMI AND S. J. G. GALER

Hawaiian legends of volcanoes (mythology) collected and translated from the Hawaiian by Westervelt, W. D. (William Drake), 1849-1939

https://www.usgs.gov/news/volcano-watch-maui-nui-bigger-island
https://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/
https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/images/ancient-names-remembered
https://www.nps.gov/articles/archeology-of-the-mystery-islands.htm
https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/soestwp/announce/news/uh-researchers-reveal-largest-and-hottest-shield-volcano-on-earth/
https://www.gao.gov/assets/ogc-98-5.pdf
https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kama%E2%80%98ehuakanaloa
https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/gis/bgn/HBGN_Meeting_20210803-06-ACUF_Kama%CA%BBehuakanaloa.pdf
https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=332000

ISLANDS COVERED:
Major islands:
Hawaiʻi (Big Island)
Maui
Molokaʻi
Lanaʻi
Kahoʻolawe
Oahu
Kauaʻi
Niʻihau

Northwest islands:
Nihoa
Necker
French Frigate Shoals
Gardner Pinnacles
Maro Reef
Laysan
Lisianski
Pearl and Hermes Atoll
Midway Atoll
Kure Atoll

Others:
Johnston Atoll
Palmyra Atoll
Sikaiana
Emperor Seamounts
Kamaʻehuakanaloa (Lō‘ihi)

Image Credits:
Larry Ellison: Oracle Corporate Communications, CC BY 2.0
Niihau Cliffs: Christopher P. Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0


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