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History of Hawaii Islands

Hawaiian Islands Mokupuni o Hawai‘i ~DemographicsPopulation1,450,000 (2015)

The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets and seamounts in the North Pacific Oceans, extending some 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll. Formerly the group was known to Europeans and Americans as the "Sandwich Islands", a name chosen by James Cook in honor of the then First Lord of the Admiralty John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. The contemporary name is derived from the name of the largest island, Hawaii Island.

Main islands

The eight main islands of Hawaii (also called the Hawaiian Windward Islands) are: