Search results for "Hawaiian Islands" - New World Encyclopedia
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- English) is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of ... credited with discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. The story relates that ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 19:38, 17 November 2022
- idea that volcanic chains like the Hawaiian Islands result from the slow ... * Hawaiian Islands * Mantle (geology) * Plate tectonics ...11 KB (1,444 words) - 16:21, 25 January 2023
- Trade winds blow from east to west across the Hawaiian islands, and ... steadily since then. Like all of the Hawaiian islands, Mauna Loa has its origins ...18 KB (2,821 words) - 16:58, 7 November 2022
- easily relate them to her own knowledge of Hawaiian legends. ... her. In 1877 she visited all of the Hawaiian islands including the leper ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 15:42, 7 December 2022
- or song. It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who ... that the dance originated on the Hawaiian islands, little evidence remains ...19 KB (3,030 words) - 16:15, 9 February 2024
- The Hawaiian Islands, once known as the Sandwich Islands, form an ... All of the Hawaiian Islands were formed by volcanoes arising from ...23 KB (3,378 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2022
- Polynesia (from the Greek words meaning "many islands") ... within a triangle with its corners at Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand, and Easter ...17 KB (2,443 words) - 08:46, 24 November 2022
- to ballads, blues, cowboy songs, Hawaiian music, and gospel. ... War II. He was stationed in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific. To pass ...8 KB (1,289 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- The two oldest volcanoes in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain are ... "The Formation of the Hawaiian Islands." Hawaii Center for ...9 KB (1,420 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- and industrial center of the Hawaiian Islands. Waikīkī Beach adjacent ... city, and main airport and seaport of the Hawaiian Islands. ...22 KB (3,108 words) - 13:26, 2 February 2024
- to be called a continent. Very small islands such as emergent land features ... the plate movement. An example is the Hawaiian Islands, from Hawaii to Kure ...19 KB (2,807 words) - 19:43, 7 February 2023
- The Kingdom of Tonga, also known as “The Friendly Islands,” is ... of their own government. Natives of the islands have made their mark as ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- seafaring Polynesians who populated many islands in the South Pacific. ... American Samoa is a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, located ...18 KB (2,598 words) - 06:47, 25 July 2023
- coerulatus, and in Anax strenuus, a Hawaiian endemic dragonfly. Some very large fossil species have been discovered as well. [[Image:Common_blue_damselfly02 ...9 KB (1,363 words) - 00:22, 29 December 2023
- formerly known as the Navigators' Islands -- a reference to Samoan ... 1,860 miles2), consisting of the two large islands of Upolu and Savai'i ...18 KB (2,581 words) - 11:51, 6 September 2022
- King Kalakaua, became the first Hawaiian monarch to attend a baseball ... a boil on his neck six months before the Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown. ...11 KB (1,661 words) - 09:07, 18 July 2023
- line. It follows the western edge of the islands off California and passes ... the eastern end is referred to as the Hawaiian Islands. ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific ... Although the islands were first spotted by a Spanish ship in 1606 ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 02:52, 27 February 2023
- countries and territories—mostly islands—in the Pacific Ocean. The ... * Solomon Islands – Commonwealth Realm * Vanuatu – Republic ...24 KB (3,239 words) - 23:47, 17 November 2022
- from plate boundaries, such as the Hawaiian Islands. Interestingly, hotspot ... plate shifts over the hotspot. The Hawaiian Islands are thought to be formed ...32 KB (4,841 words) - 20:59, 3 May 2023
