Editing Hawaii (section)

===Topography===

[[File:Bathymetry_image_of_the_Hawaiian_archipelago.png|thumb|[[Bathymetric]] map of main Hawaiian Islands|alt=Map of the Hawaiian islands]]

The Hawaiian [[archipelago]] is {{convert|2000|mi|km|abbr=on}} southwest of the contiguous United States.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-constitutes-united-states-what-are-official-definitions |title = What constitutes the United States, what are the official definitions? |date = December 31, 1984 |publisher = [[United States Geological Survey]] |access-date = July 3, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171116081238/https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-constitutes-united-states-what-are-official-definitions |archive-date = November 16, 2017 |url-status = live }}</ref> Hawaii is the southernmost U.S. state and the second westernmost after [[Alaska]]. Like Alaska, Hawaii borders no other U.S. state. It is the only U.S. state not in North America, and the only one completely surrounded by water and entirely an archipelago.

In addition to the eight main islands, the state has many smaller islands and islets. [[Kaʻula|Ka{{okina}}ula]] is a small island near Ni{{okina}}ihau. The [[Northwestern Hawaiian Islands]] is a group of nine small, older islands northwest of Kaua{{okina}}i that extends from [[Nihoa]] to [[Kure Atoll]]; these are remnants of once much larger volcanic mountains. Across the archipelago are around 130 small rocks and islets, such as [[Molokini]], which are made up of either volcanic or marine sedimentary rock.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rubin |first=Ken |title=General Information about Hawaiian Shield Volcanoes |url=http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/HCV/haw_volc.html |url-status=live |access-date=December 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229054039/http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/HCV/haw_volc.html |archive-date=December 29, 2010}}</ref>

Hawai{{okina}}i's tallest mountain [[Mauna Kea]] is {{convert|13796|ft|m|abbr=on}} above mean sea level;<ref>{{cite web |title=Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii |url=http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanoes/maunakea/ |publisher=Hvo.wr.usgs.gov |access-date=November 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021204300/http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanoes/maunakea/ |archive-date=October 21, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> it is taller than [[Mount Everest]] if measured from the base of the mountain, which lies on the floor of the Pacific Ocean and rises about {{convert|33500|ft|m}}.<ref>{{cite web |last=Unke |first=Beata |title=Height of the Tallest Mountain on Earth |url=http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/BeataUnke.shtml |url-status=live |website=The Physics Factbook |year=2001 |access-date=August 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819084653/http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/BeataUnke.shtml |archive-date=August 19, 2007}}</ref>