Kauaʻi
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Kauaʻi, sometimes written Kauai, is one of the main Hawaiian Islands. It has an area of 562.3 square miles, making it the fourth-largest of the islands and the 21st-largest island in the United States
A statue of Captain James Cook commemorating his landing at Waimea, Kauaʻi, January 20, 1778
Artist's impression of Russian Fort Elizabeth overlooking Waimea Bay, Kauaʻi
Aerial view of Kauaʻi
Nā Pali Coast State Park
Niʻihau
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Niʻihau, sometimes written Niihau, is the seventh largest island in Hawaii and the westernmost of the main islands. It is 17.5 miles southwest of Kauaʻi across the Kaulakahi Channel. Its area is 69.5
Kauaʻi
…the "Garden Isle", Kauaʻi is the site of Waimea Canyon State Park and Nā Pali Coast State Park. It forms the bulk of Kauaʻi County, which includes Niʻihau as well as the small nearby islands of Kaʻula and Lehua. Hawaiian narrative derives the name's origin from the legend of Hawaiʻiloa, the Polynesian…
Aerial view of Niʻihau looking southwestward
View of the rugged cliffs of windward Niʻihau (the northeastern shore)
A group of villagers at Puʻuwai Beach settlement, Niʻihau in 1885. Photograph taken by Francis Sinclair, son of Elizabeth McHutchison Sinclair.
Navy contractors from PMRF arrive at Paniau Ridge on Niʻihau in an Agusta A109 helicopter. The seabird sanctuary island of Lehua can be seen in the background.