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2. Channels of the Hawaiian Islands - Wikipedia

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   The depth of the channel reaches 108 feet (33 m), and its width is 8.8 miles (14.2 km). ʻAuʻau channel is a whale-watching center in the Hawaiian Islands. Humpback whales migrate approximately 3,500 miles (5,600 km) from Alaskan waters each autumn and spend the northern hemisphere winter months in the protected waters of the channel.

3. Maalaea, Hawaii - Wikipedia

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   For the region’s earliest inhabitants, Kapoli Spring, near the present-day harbor, was the main source of fresh water in this sometimes arid land. On January 20, 1778, Captain James Cook and the crew of H.M.S. Endeavor became the first westerners to set foot in Hawai‘i. The decades that followed saw an ever-increasing population of ...

4. Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary

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   The sanctuary encompasses 1,400 square miles (3,600 km 2) in the islands' waters.It was designated by United States Congress on November 4, 1992, as a National Marine Sanctuary to protect the endangered North Pacific humpback whale and its habitat [2] The sanctuary promotes management, research, education and long-term monitoring.

5. The islands that went from whale hunting to whale watching - AOL

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   The transition away from whaling gave birth to new industries and practices – with the impetus coming from outside. In 1990, French national Serge Viallele set up the first whale watching ...

6. Possible rare whale sighting being investigated - AOL

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   The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust said it had received reports of 17 whale sightings in the waters around the islands between 29 December and 8 January, with minke and humpback whales among those ...

7. A whale in Boston Harbor could slow down your MBTA ferry ...

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   The MBTA announcement comes amid a busy summer of whale watching in the region. A humpback whale has been seen breaching in Boston Harbor and Dorchester Bay recently, and one crashed into a boat ...