The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, also known as the Leeward Hawaiian Islands, are a series of mostly uninhabited islands and atolls located northwest of Kauai and Niʻihau in the Hawaiian island chain
The interior of Laysan, showing the hypersaline lake
JRO globe ca. 1960
Bird on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals
The reserve sign on Lisianski
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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 shore of Lake Laysan
Laysan Island, 2013