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The United States Census Bureau designates this area, excluding Midway Atoll, as Census Tract 114.98 of Honolulu County. The total land area of these islands is 3.1075 square miles (8.048 km²). With the exception of Nihoa, all these islands lie north of the Tropic of Cancer, making them the only islands in Hawaii situated outside the tropics.
Lihue Airport (IATA: LIH, ICAO: PHLI, FAA LID: LIH) is a state-owned public-use airport located in the Līhuʻe CDP on the southeast coast of the island of Kauaʻi in Kauai County, Hawaiʻi, United States, two nautical miles east of the center of the CDP. [1] [3] The airport does not serve as a hub for any airline carrier.
Lualualei, Hawaii is the largest coastal valley on the leeward side of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi. It is located on the west side of the Waianae Range . Navy Lualualei VLF Transmitter Antennas near Lualualei, Oahu, Hawaii
Ahupuaa map of Oahu; Moku and Ahupuaa maps of the eight main Hawaiian Islands (Islandbreath.org) Haiken, Melanie (2022-08-18). "Hawaii's ancient land management system". BBC Travel. The ahupua'a system of land development, in practice for more than 1,000 years, has the potential to show the world a new path to sustainability.
This is a list of airports in Hawaii (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Port Allen Airport covers an area of 179 acres (72 ha) at an elevation of 24 feet (7.3 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,450 by 60 feet (747 by 18 m). [1] The airport has separate parking areas for fixed wing aircraft and helicopters and a public parking area.
The Kaʻū Desert is a leeward desert in the district of Kaʻū, the southernmost district on the Big Island of Hawaii, and is made up mostly of dried lava remnants, volcanic ash, sand and gravel. The desert covers an area of the Kīlauea Volcano along the Southwest rift zone. The area lacks any vegetation, mainly due to acid rainfall.
The Leeward Islands (/ ˈ l iː w ər d /) are a group of islands situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean. Starting with the Virgin Islands east of Puerto Rico, they extend southeast to Guadeloupe and its dependencies. In English, the term Leeward Islands refers to the northern islands of the Lesser ...