Editing Hawaiian Islands (section)

==Islands and reefs==
The Hawaiian Islands have a total land area of {{convert|6423.4|sqmi|km2|1}}. Except for Midway, which is an [[Insular area#Unincorporated unorganized territories|unincorporated unorganized territory]] of the United States, these islands and islets are administered as [[Hawaii]]—the 50th state of the United States.<ref name="Guide to State and Local Census Geography – Hawaii">{{cite web|url=http://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/census/geo/hi_gslcg.pdf|title=Guide to State and Local Census Geography – Hawaii|pages=1–2|location=Washington, DC|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]]|date=September 9, 2013|access-date=September 16, 2016|archive-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006175353/http://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/census/geo/hi_gslcg.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

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===Major islands===
{{Main Hawaiian Islands}}

The eight major islands of Hawaii (Windward Islands) are listed above. All except Kaho'olawe are inhabited.

===Minor islands, islets===
[[File:ISS-38 Hawaiian Island chain.jpg|thumb|Hawaiian Islands from space.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82975|title=Hawaii : Image of the Day|work=nasa.gov|date=January 29, 2014|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-date=January 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110044108/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82975|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
[[File:2003-3d-hawaiian-islands-usgs-i2809.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.35|3-D perspective view of the southeastern Hawaiian Islands, with the white summits of [[Mauna Loa]] ({{convert|4170|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=or}} high) and [[Mauna Kea]] ({{convert|4207.3|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=or}} high). The islands are the tops of massive volcanoes, the bulk of which lie below the sea surface. Ocean depths are colored from violet ({{convert|5750|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=or}} deep northeast of [[Maui]]) and indigo to light gray (shallowest). Historical lava flows are shown in red, erupting from the summits and rift zones of Mauna Loa, [[Kilauea]], and [[Hualalai]] volcanoes on [[Hawaii|Hawaiʻi]].]]
[[File:Diamond Head Hawaii - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Lēʻahi or [[Diamond Head, Hawaii|Diamond Head]], Oʻahu ]]

The state of Hawaii counts 137 "islands" in the Hawaiian Chain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hawaii.gov/dbedt/info/economic/library/facts/Facts_and_Figures_State_and_Counties.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022150920/http://hawaii.gov/dbedt/info/economic/library/facts/Facts_and_Figures_State_and_Counties.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 22, 2008|title=Hawai'i Facts & Figures|work=state web site|publisher=State of Hawaii Dept. of Business, Economic Development & Tourism|date=December 2009|access-date=May 23, 2010}}</ref> This number includes all minor islands (small islands), [[islet]]s (even smaller islands) offshore of the major islands (listed above), and individual islets in each atoll. These are just a few:

* [[Kaʻula]]
* [[Kāohikaipu]]
* [[Lehua]]
* [[Mānana]]
* [[Mokolea Rock|Mōkōlea Rock]]
* [[Mokoli{{okina}}i]]
* [[Moku Manu]]
* [[Goat Island (Hawaii)|Mokuauia]]
* [[Coconut Island (Oahu Island)|Moku o Loʻe]]
* [[Coconut Island (Hawaii Island)|Moku Ola]]
* [[Ford Island|Mokuʻumeʻume]]
* [[Molokini]]
* [[Nā Mokulua]]

===Partial islands, atolls, reefs===
[[File:NASA Hawaiian Islands full quality.png|thumb|right|upright=1.35|A composite satellite image from [[NASA]] of the Hawaiian Islands taken from [[outer space]]. Click on the image for a larger view that shows the main islands and the extended [[archipelago]].]]

Partial islands, atolls, reefs—those west of Niʻihau are [[uninhabited island|uninhabited]] except Midway Atoll—form the [[Northwestern Hawaiian Islands]] (Leeward Islands):

* [[Nihoa]] (Mokumana)
* [[Necker Island (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)|Necker]] (Mokumanamana)
* [[French Frigate Shoals]] (Kānemilohaʻi)
* [[Gardner Pinnacles]] (Pūhāhonu)
* [[Maro Reef]] (Nalukākala)
* [[Laysan]] (Kauō)
* [[Lisianski Island]] (Papaʻāpoho)
* [[Pearl and Hermes Atoll]] (Holoikauaua)
* [[Midway Atoll]] (Pihemanu)
* [[Kure Atoll]] (Mokupāpapa)