Lehua
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Lehua Island is a small, crescent-shaped island in the Hawaiian Islands, 0.7 miles north of Niʻihau, 18 miles due west of Kauaʻi. This uninhabited, 285-acre barren islet was one of the first five isla
2007 aerial view of Lehua
View of Lehua from the north shore of Niʻihau
View of Lehua looking East
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
Lehua
…Lehua Island is a small, crescent-shaped island in the Hawaiian Islands, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north of Niʻihau, 18 miles due west of Kauaʻi. This uninhabited, 285-acre (1.15 km2) barren islet was one of the first five islands sighted by Captain James Cook in…
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.