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Monday, June 1, 2020

List of major Hawaiian islands

This post is a list of the major Hawaiian islands. There are 8 island listed below by area. I have also provided the population for each island as of 2010. Data source: Wikipedia

 

1. Hawaii (island)

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Earth Sciences and Image Analysis, NASA

Area: 4,028 sq mi

Population: 185 thousand

 

 

 

2. Maui (larger island below next to Kahoolawe)

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Eduar3 48

License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Area: 727 sq mi

Population: 144 thousand

 

 

 

3. Oahu

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA Earth Observatory

License: CC BY 2.0

Area: 596 sq mi

Population: 953 thousand

 

 

 

4. Kauai (larger island on the right next to Niihau)

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA

Area: 552 sq mi

Population: 66 thousand

 

 

 

5. Molokai

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Earth Sciences and Image Analysis, NASA

Area: 260 sq mi

Population: 7 thousand

 

 

 

6. Lanai

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, NASA

Area: 140 sq mi

Population: 3 thousand

 

 

 

7. Niihau

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Earth Sciences and Image Analysis, NASA

Area: 69 sq mi

Population: 170

 

 

 

8. Kahoolawe

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, terraprints.com

License: CC BY 2.5

Area: 44 sq mi

Population: 0

 

 

 

All 8 major islands

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, terraprints.com

License: CC BY 2.5

Islands left to right: Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, Maui, Hawaii