Laysan is one of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, located 808 nautical miles northwest of Honolulu. It has one land mass of 1,016 acres, about 1 by 1+1⁄2 miles in size. It is an atoll of sorts, alth
Aerial view of Laysan from the north
Monk seal on the beach at Laysan. Note ripple pattern in coral sand, June 1969
The Laysan finch, sometimes referred to by its Hawaiian name, ʻekupuʻu, is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, that is endemic to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It is one of four remaining finch-b