Hawaii's Forgotten Islands |
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The US State of Hawaii lies on an island chain in the tropical North Pacific, and is the newest of the US’s 50 states. But there's more to Hawaii than you probably realize - literally! We're going to take a look at the Hawaiian islands that you won't find on most maps, which extend more than a thousand miles out into the Pacific. Let's explore!
Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:22 How Hawaii formed 1:11 Hawaii's main islands 3:10 The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 7:22 Beyond Kure 7:47 Hawaii's next island? 8:27 Conclusion Correction: 1:47 The islands are to Maui's West, not East Sources & Links: Encyclopedia Britannica Geochemistry of Lavas from the Emperor Seamounts, and the Geochemical Evolution of Hawaiian Magmatism from 85 to 42 Ma M. REGELOUS, A. W. HOFMANN, W. ABOUCHAMI AND S. J. G. GALER Hawaiian legends of volcanoes (mythology) collected and translated from the Hawaiian by Westervelt, W. D. (William Drake), 1849-1939 https://www.usgs.gov/news/volcano-watch-maui-nui-bigger-island https://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/ https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/images/ancient-names-remembered https://www.nps.gov/articles/archeology-of-the-mystery-islands.htm https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/soestwp/announce/news/uh-researchers-reveal-largest-and-hottest-shield-volcano-on-earth/ https://www.gao.gov/assets/ogc-98-5.pdf https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kama%E2%80%98ehuakanaloa https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/gis/bgn/HBGN_Meeting_20210803-06-ACUF_Kama%CA%BBehuakanaloa.pdf https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=332000 ISLANDS COVERED: Major islands: Hawaiʻi (Big Island) Maui Molokaʻi Lanaʻi Kahoʻolawe Oahu Kauaʻi Niʻihau Northwest islands: Nihoa Necker French Frigate Shoals Gardner Pinnacles Maro Reef Laysan Lisianski Pearl and Hermes Atoll Midway Atoll Kure Atoll Others: Johnston Atoll Palmyra Atoll Sikaiana Emperor Seamounts Kamaʻehuakanaloa (Lō‘ihi) Image Credits: Larry Ellison: Oracle Corporate Communications, CC BY 2.0 Niihau Cliffs: Christopher P. Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0 |