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  1. Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

    Image Hawaiianislandchain USGS.png thumb right 400px The Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian island chain . The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands or the Leeward Islands are the small island s and atoll s in the Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian island chain located northwest in some cases, far to the northwest of the islands ... Hawaiian Islands include Nihoa Moku Manu at coord 23 03 38 N 161 55 19 W region US HI type isle source enwiki name Nihoa Necker Island Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Necker Mokumanamana at coord 23 ... stayed here long term. convert 40 acre m2 adj on Necker Island Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Necker .... Geology The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands were formed, approximately 7 to 30 million years ... 2009 07 28 ref Of the many List of species of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands species that live here , over 1,700 species of organisms are endemism endemic to the Hawaiian Islands i.e., they are found ... education center.html title Mokup papa Discovery Center publisher Northwestern Hawaiian Islands ... Register of Historic Places listings in Hawaii Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Footnotes reflist References ... Rauzon first1 M. title Isles of Refuge Wildlife and History of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands publisher ... index.html Northwest Hawaiian Islands Multi Agency Education Project Template group list Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Hawaii Category Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Category Honolulu County, Hawaii Category ... Seamounts to the north and the Main Hawaiian Islands to the south. ref Clague, D. A. and Dalrymple, G ... Hawaiian island. ref Rauzon, 3 ref Biodiversity and endemism The Hawaiian Islands are about convert ... that the Hawaiian Islands have extraordinary numbers of unique species. ref Rauzon, 4 ref Only ..., and later, Europeans, have largely altered the ecosystem of the Main Hawaiian islands by introducing ... Hawaiian Islands a National Monument On June 15, 2006, President George W. Bush issued a public ... reserve in the world. President Theodore Roosevelt had declared the Northwestern Hawaiian chain ...   more details



  1. Necker Island (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)

    http www.hawaiianatolls.org about mokumanamana.php Northwest Hawaiian Islands Multi Agency Education Project Necker Island Template group list Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Hawaii Hawaiian volcanism Registered Historic Places Category Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Category Buildings and structures on the National ... to the island are said to have started a few hundred years after the main Hawaiian Islands were ... Neal L. ed. coauthors Eldredge, Lucius G. ed. title Natural History of Nihoa and Necker Islands publisher ...   more details



  1. List of species of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

    This is a list of the species that inhabit the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands . Except for researchers and volunteers living on Midway Atoll , Kure Atoll , and Tern Island , the leeward islands are uninhabited by people but home to at least 7000 species ranging from marine mammals, fish, sea turtles, birds and invertebrates. Many of these species are rare or endangered and at least 25 are endemic to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. This list identifies which islands the species lives on, and whether the species is endemic to the NWHI. Animals Birds class wikitable sortable Nihoa Necker Island Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Necker French Frigate Shoals Gardner Pinnacles Laysan Lisianski Island Lisianski Pearl and Hermes Atoll Pearl and Hermes Midway Atoll Midway Kure Atoll Kure Endemism Endemic ? Laysan Albatross Nihoa Necker French Frigate Shoals Gardner Pinnacles Laysan Lisianski Pearl and Hermes Midway Kure Nihoa Finch Nihoa Endemic Blue Noddy Nihoa Necker French Frigate Shoals Gardner Pinnacles Nihoa Millerbird Nihoa Endemic Red footed Booby Nihoa Necker French Frigate Shoals Gardner ... Northwestern Hawaiian Islands journal Ecology volume 56 issue 2 pages 435 444 publisher Ecological ... Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument accessdate 2008 05 01 format HTML work ... the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Category Natural history of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Category Flora of Hawaii Category Fauna of Hawaii Category Hawaii related ... Lisianski Pearl and Hermes Midway Kure Plants class wikitable sortable Nihoa Necker Island Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Necker French Frigate Shoals Gardner Pinnacles Laysan Lisianski Island Lisianski ... cite book last Rauzon first Mark J. title Isles of Refuge Wildlife and History of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands publisher University of Hawaii Press date 2001 location url isbn 0 8248 2209 9 ... Laysan Lisianski Midway Sesbania tomentosa Ohai Nihoa Necker Cyperus polystachyos Native Hawaiian ...   more details



  1. Hawaiian Islands

    island uninhabited form the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands , or Hawaiian Leeward Islands Nihoa Mokumana Necker Island Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Necker Mokumanamana French Frigate Shoals K nemiloha ... encompasses the northwestern Hawaiian Islands and surrounding waters, forming the largest marine wildlife ...Infobox Hawaiian island name Hawaiian Islands nickname Mokupuni o Hawai i image name Hawaii sts26 big.jpg image caption Photograph of the Hawaiian Islands from Space Shuttle Discovery , looking southeast ... caption Map of the Hawaiian Islands, a chain of islands that stretches convert 1500 mi km 2 abbr ... as of density flower color rank Image NASA Hawaiian Islands full quality.png thumb right 325px A NASA composite satellite image of the Hawaiian Islands taken from space. Click on the image for a larger view that shows the main islands and the extended archipelago. The Hawaiian Islands lang haw ... by volcano volcanic activity over a Hotspot geology hotspot in the Earth s mantle. The Hawaiian islands ... The Hawaiian Islands have a total land area of convert 6423.4 sqmi km2 1 . Except for Midway Atoll ... . Main islands The eight main Hawaiian islands also known as the Hawaiian Windward Islands are listed here from east to west. All except Kaho okina olawe are inhabited. Main Hawaiian Islands ... Kure Atoll Mokup papa Islets Image 2003 3d hawaiian islands usgs i2809.jpg thumb right 300px 3 D perspective view of the southeastern Hawaiian Islands, with the white summits of Mauna Loa convert 4170 ... , and Hualalai volcanoes on Hawaii Hawai okina i . The state of Hawaii counts 137 islands in the Hawaiian ... accessdate 2009 12 09 ref See also List of Hawaii rivers Earthquakes The Hawaiian Islands have many ... 35  ft high. The Hawaiian Islands are subject to tsunami s, great wave s that strike the shore ... of miles away. Tsunamis may also initiate in the Hawaiian Islands. Explosive volcanic activity can cause ... Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands . The endemic ecology endemic plant and animal species of the Hawaiian ...   more details



  1. Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Vicar Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands was the prelate having ordinary jurisdiction of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands . The Vicariate Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands was created by the Holy See in 1847 as the Vicariate Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands Sandwich Islands . In 1848, the phrase Sandwich Islands was dropped and replaced by Hawaiian Islands. The first Vicar Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands and the Hawaiian Islands was Msgr. Louis Desir Maigret , SS.CC. The Vicariate derives from the Prefecture Apostolic of the Sandwich Islands , established in 1825 and which was to become in 1833, a part of the larger territory under the ordinary jurisdiction of the Vicariate Apostolic of Oriental Oceania Vicar Apostolic of Oriental Oceania entrusted to the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary . See also Bishop Etienne Jerome Rouchouze , Vicar Apostolic of Oriental Oceania DEFAULTSORT Vicar Apostolic Of The Hawaiian Islands Category Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariates Hawaiian Category Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu Category Apostolic vicars RC stub ...   more details



  1. Hawaiian Islands Biosphere Reserve

    The Hawaiian Islands Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO biosphere reserve in the Hawaiian Islands , created in 1980. It comprises Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the island of Hawaii island Hawaii , and Haleakala National Park on the island of Maui , with a total area of 995.45 square kilometres. External links http www2.unesco.org mab br brdir directory biores.asp?code USA 32&mode all Hawaiian Islands Biosphere Reserve UNESCO coord missing Hawaii Category Biosphere reserves of the United States Category Natural history of Hawaii Biosphere Reserve hawaii geo stub ...   more details



  1. Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands

    nalos . Today, many of the remaining endemic species of plants and animals in the Hawaiian Islands ... birds Hawaiian lobelioids List of extinct animals of the Hawaiian Islands Environment of Hawaii References ... hawaiianflora index.htm Flora of the Hawaiian Islands from the Smithsonian ...Refimprove date February 2008 Located some 2,400 miles 4,000 km from the nearest continental shore, the Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated group of islands on the planet. The plant and animal life of the Hawaiian archipelago is the result of early, very infrequent colonizations of arriving species ... Darwin in the Galapagos Islands which was critical to the formulation of his Evolution Theory of Evolution is far exceeded in the more isolated Hawaiian Islands. The relatively short time that the existing main islands of the archipelago have been above the surface of the ocean less than 10 million ... in the archipelago. High, volcanic islands have existed in the Pacific far longer, extending in a chain to the northwest these once mountainous islands are now reduced to submerged banks and coral ... back in time before Kure, an even older chain of islands spreads northward nearly to the Aleutian Islands these former islands, all north of the Darwin Point, are now completely submerged as the Emperor Seamounts . The islands are well known for the environmental diversity that occurs on high ... of the Hawaiian archipelago is a biological filter. Seeds or spores attached to a lost migrating bird s feather or an insect falling out of the high winds found a place to survive in the islands and whatever ... of Hawai i Note that, simply because of the relatively small area involved, many Hawaiian species are considered threatened even when at their normal population levels. Hawaiian Goose Nene Branta sandvicensis vulnerable Po ouli Melamprosops phaeosoma critically endangered Hawaiian hibiscus Yellow ... Snail eating caterpillar Theridion grallator Happy face spider Achatinella apexfulva Hawaiian Tree ...   more details



  1. Channels of the Hawaiian Islands

    In an archipelago like the Hawaiian Islands the water between island s is typically called a channel geography channel or passage . Described here are the channels between the islands of Hawaii Hawai okina i , arranged from southeast to northwest. okina Alenuih h Channel The okina Alenuih h separates the island of Hawaii island Hawai okina i and the island of Maui . The maximum depth of this channel is 6100 feet 1900 m . There is a significant wind funnel effect in the channel, which is subject to scientific investigations. okina Alal keiki Channel The okina Alal keiki Channel separates the islands of Kahoolawe Kaho okina olawe and Maui island Maui . okina Alal keiki means crying baby. Kealaikahiki Channel Ke ala i kahiki channel is the channel between Lanai L na okina i and Kahoolawe Kaho okina olawe . It literally means the road to Tahiti if one takes a bearing off of Kealaikahiki Point on Kaho okina olawe while in the channel and heads directly straight, one arrives, more or less, in Tahiti. In practice, however, Polynesian navigation Polynesian navigators probably did not quite ... protected areas of ocean in the Hawaiian Islands, lying between Lanai L na okina i and Maui. The channel ... center in the Hawaiian Islands. Humpback whale s migrate approximately 3,500 miles nautical or statute ... Channel separates the islands of Moloka okina i and Maui . Although the channel is only about 8.4 miles at its shortest point, it is one of the windiest and roughest in the Hawaiian Islands. ref cite book last Mehaffy first Carolyn coauthors Bob Mehaffy title Cruising Guide to the Hawaiian Islands ... treacherous channels between islands in the archipelago, although strong winds and choppy sea conditions ... separates the islands of Oahu O okina ahu and Moloka okina i. Maximum depth is 2300 feet 701 m ... this channel. Kaulakahi Channel The Kaulakahi Channel separates the islands of Niihau Ni okina ... separates the islands of Kauai Kaua okina i and Oahu O okina ahu . References reflist Category Channels ...   more details



  1. List of bird species introduced to the Hawaiian Islands

    This List of bird species introduced to the Hawaiian Islands includes only those species known to have established self sustaining breeding populations as a direct or indirect result of human intervention. A complete list of all non native species ever imported to the islands, including those that never became established, would be much longer. In the following list, indicates a species indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands but introduced to an area or areas outside its known native range, indicates a formerly established population that is now extirpate d, and parenthetical notes describe the specific islands where each species is known to be established. Cattle Egret most of the larger islands Mallard throughout Wild Turkey Hawaii, Lanai, Maui, & Niihau California Quail Gambel s Quail Lanai & Kahoolawe possibly Hawaii Chukar all main islands from Kauai eastward, except Oahu Black Francolin Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, & Molokai Gray Francolin Hawaii, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, & Oahu Erckel s Francolin all main islands from Kauai eastward, except Maui Japanese Quail all main islands from Kauai eastward, except Oahu Red Junglefowl Kauai & Oahu s Waimea Falls Park Kalij Pheasant Hawaii Ring necked Pheasant all main islands from Kauai eastward Green Pheasant Lanai & Kauai possibly Maui Peacock Common Peafowl Hawaii, Maui, & Oahu Helmeted Guineafowl Hawaii possibly other main islands Laysan Rail Midway Islands Chestnut bellied Sandgrouse Hawaii Rock Pigeon Hawaii, Maui Spotted Dove all main islands from Kauai eastward Zebra Dove all main islands from Kauai eastward Mourning Dove Hawaii Rose ringed Parakeet Hawaii & Oahu possibly Kauai Barn Owl all main islands from Kauai eastward Mariana Swiftlet Oahu Varied Tit Kauai & Oahu Red vented Bulbul Red whiskered Bulbul Japanese Bush Warbler White rumped Shama Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Hwamei Gray sided Laughingthrush Japanese White eye ... 829 pp. Berger, Andrew J. 1981. Hawaiian birdlife . 2nd edition. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu ...   more details



  1. Provisional Cession of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands

    wikilinks The Provisional Cession of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands , the Provisional Cession of the Hawaiian Islands or the Provisional Cession of the Sandwich Islands , short form Provisional ..., we do hereby cede the group of islands known as the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands, unto the Right Honorable ... A provisional cession of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands having been made this day by Kamehameha ... only five months. Formation On February 25 , 1843 King Kamehameha III agreed to cede the Hawaiian Islands to Lord George Paulet , over legal disputes with British subjects. Constitution Act of Provisional ... Flag shall be hoisted on all the Islands of the group, and the natives thereof shall enjoy the protection ... among foreigners others than natives of the Archipelago resident on these Islands ... between foreigners resident on these islands. Fourth. In all that relates to the collection of the revenue ... on May 11. Military and law enforcement The police force of the Hawaiian kingdom was disbanded ... declared the end of the Provisional Cession and recognizes Kamehameha III as king of the Hawaiian Islands and the Islands to be Independence independent and sovereign . Kamehameha III named the place ... s return of independence. Celebrations continued for ten days and a holiday, Hawaiian Restoration Day ...   more details



  1. List of extinct animals of the Hawaiian Islands

    This is an incomplete list of extinction extinct animals of the Hawaiian Islands . Mammals One extinct undescribed species of a bat is known only from fossils. ref http hbs.bishopmuseum.org pdf howmany94.pdf How many species are there in Hawaii? ref Birds note many more extinct birds have been discovered as sub fossils, and most of these are not listed below. Moa nalo , Hawaii. O ahu Petrel , Hawaii. N n nui , Hawaii. Giant Amakihi , Big Island, Hawaii Stout legged Finch , Kaua i, Hawaii Kaua i Finch , Kaua i and O ahu, Hawaii Maui Nui Finch , Maui and Moloka i, Hawaii Maui Finch , Maui, Hawaii Pila s Palila , Kaua i, Hawaii possibly survived until early 18th century Scissor billed Koa finch , Rhodacanthis forfex fossils on Kaua i, and Maui, Hawaii Primitive Koa finch , O ahu and Maui, Hawaii O ahu Grosbeak , O ahu and Maui, Hawaii Laysan Crake , Hawaiian Crake , Wake Island Rail , Laysan Millerbird , Kama O , maui , Kona Grosbeak , Greater Koa Finch , Lesser Koa Finch , Oahu Akialoa , Maui Nui Akialoa , Wood Harrier , Kauai Akialoa , Hawai i Akialoa , Kioea , Ula ai hawane , Black Mamo , Hawai i Mamo , Lana i Hookbill , Oahu Nukupu u , Greater Amakihi , Laysan Honeycreeper , Oahu Akepa , Molokai Creeper , Lana i Creeper , Ula ai Hawane , Kaua i Palila , O ahu , Moloka i , Kaua i , Hawai i , Talpanas lippa duck, no common name Possibly extinct Oloma o , , Nukupu u , O ahu Alauahio , Po ouli Fish Empty section date July 2010 Crustaceans Empty section date July 2010 Insects Poko Noctuid Moth , Midway Noctuid Moth , Kerr s Noctuid Moth , Laysan Noctuid Moth , Procellaris Noctuid Moth , Kona Giant Looper Moth , Arachnids Empty section date July 2010 ... 2007. Category Lists of extinct animals by region Hawaiian Islands Category Extinct Hawaiian animals ... List of extinct animals of Europe List of extinct animals of South America Extinct birds Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands Endemic birds of Hawaii U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service References references ...   more details



  1. Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary

    Image Humpback Whale underwater shot.jpg thumb Humpback whale The Hawaiian Islands are one of the world s most important whale habitats, hosting thousands of humpback whale humpbacks Megaptera novaeangliae each winter. Sanctuary The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary encompasses convert 1400 sqmi km2 in the islands waters. It was designated by United States Congress on November 4, 1992 as a United States National Marine Sanctuary National Marine Sanctuary to protect the endangered species endangered North Pacific humpback whale and its habitat ref name gorp The sanctuary ... sidwcmdev 068526.html title GORP Hawaiian Islands humpback whale National Marine Sanctuary publisher ... work Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary publisher National Oceanic and Atmospheric ... ref ref name Welcome Cite web title Welcome work Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary ... NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Volunteers Count Whales in NOAA s Hawaiian Islands ... name eoe Cite web url http www.eoearth.org article Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary title Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary publisher Encyclopedia of Earth ..., Department of Commerce title Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Final Environmental ... Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary http sanctuaries.noaa.gov sos2006 Hawaiian Islands humpback whale National Marine Sanctuary http hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov explore visitor ... Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary http www.acsonline.org factpack humpback.htm ... s boundaries. Numerous public meetings and hearings followed on each of the main islands. The program ... Pacific humpback whales estimates range from 4,000 to 10,000 whales migrates to Hawaiian waters ... ref ref name ng2008 Cite web url http www.ngsednet.org workshop details.cfm?w id 27 title Hawaiian Islands humpback whale National Marine Sanctuary publisher www.ngsednet.org accessdate 2008 04 06 ref ...   more details



  1. Hawaiian

    Wiktionary Hawaiian may refer to People from Hawaii Hawaiian language Native Hawaiians The Hawaiians , a football team in the World Football League from 1974 to 1975 Hawaiian Airlines , a commercial airline Music of Hawaii Hawaiian music Aloha shirt Hawaiian shirt or Aloha shirt, a type of colorful shirt Hawaiian eruption , a type of volcanic eruption Culture of Hawaii See also Hawaiian Islands Hawaiian Pidgin Hawaiian name Hawaiian kinship Hawaiian pizza Hawaii disambig es Hawaiano gl Hawaiano simple Hawaiian ...   more details



  1. Northwestern

    Wiktionary northwestern Northwestern may refer to Northwestern University , a large American research university, with campuses in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois The Northwestern Wildcats , this school s intercollegiate athletic program Other colleges and universities Northwestern College Iowa , a small Christian college in Iowa. Northwestern College Minnesota , a small Christian college, located in Roseville, Minnesota The former Northwestern College in Watertown, Wisconsin, which was incorporated into Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota in 1995 Northwestern Michigan College , a small college located in Traverse City, Michigan Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma Northwestern State University , in Natchitoches, Louisiana Northwestern California University NWCU School of Law , an online based law school in Sacramento, California Northwestern Polytechnic University in Fremont, California Other schools Northwestern Lehigh School District in New Tripoli, Pennsylvania Miami Northwestern High School , a high school in Miami, Florida Settlements Northwestern, California , a former settlement in Mendocino County Geographic areas Northwestern United States , a region of the United States of America North Western Province, Sri Lanka North Western Province, Zambia Northwestern Federal District , Russia Northwestern Krai , a subdivision of Imperial Russia North Western Territory , a Hudson s Bay Company region, precursor to today s Northwest Territories though including what is now Yukon Territory North Western Provinces , an administrative region in British India Other Northwestern Station in Chicago, Illinois Northwestern Corporation , a bulk vending machine manufacturer. The Chicago and North Western Railway The Oshkosh Northwestern , a daily newspaper based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin FV Northwestern crab fishing vessel featured on Deadliest Catch The The Northwestern band Northwestern , a British rock band. seealso Northwest disambig de Northwestern ja ...   more details



  1. Hawaiian Trough

    Orphan date February 2009 The Hawaiian Trough , also known as the Hawaiian Deep , is a depression geology depression of the sea floor surrounding the Hawaiian Islands , where the massive weight of the island chain downwarps the oceanic lithosphere surrounding the islands like a moat , it is roughly 5500 meters deep. http www.mbari.org volcanism Hawaii HR FlexArch.htm However, in accordance with the principle of isostasy , the sinking of the lithosphere is balanced by a corresponding rise beyond it, known as the Hawaiian Arch . http www.mbari.org volcanism Hawaii HR FlexArch.htm The Big Island itself is still subsiding, at a rate of about 2.5 millimeters per year. http volcano.und.edu vwdocs hawaii review intro intro.html Sources http www.mbari.org volcanism Hawaii HR FlexArch.htm Hawaiian Submarine Volcanism http volcano.und.edu vwdocs hawaii review intro intro.html Volcano World Introduction to Hawaiian Volcanoes External links http pubs.usgs.gov sim 2004 2824 SIM 2824 pamphlet.pdf Overview of Hawaiian Arch geology PDF http www.usssp iodp.org PDFs Greatest Hits Rhythms Garcia.pdf New Evidence for Massive Landslides from the Hawaiian Islands PDF See also Hawaiian Arch Submarine landslide Category Geology of Hawaii Category Oceanography Category Marine geology geology stub ...   more details



  1. Hawaiian flagtail

    Taxobox name Hawaiian Flagtails image Kuhlia sandvicensis.jpg image width 240px image caption Hawaiian flagtail, Kuhlia sandvicensis regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Actinopterygii ordo Perciformes familia Kuhliidae genus Kuhlia genus authority Theodore Nicholas Gill Gill , 1861 species Kuhlia sandvicensis br Kuhlia xenura The Hawaiian flagtails are species of the genus of flagtail fishes found in the Hawaiian Islands . Two species are Kuhlia sandvicensis ref FishBase species genus Kuhlia species sandvicensis ref and Kuhlia xenura . ref FishBase species genus Kuhlia species xenura ref K. xenura is endemism endemic to the Hawaiian islands . In the Hawaiian language , holehole refers to the young stage, ref Hawaiian Dictionaries holehole q aholehole accessdate September 21, 2010 ref and hole the mature fish. It was sometimes called pua okina a kai , literally sea pig . ref Hawaiian Dictionaries hole q ahole accessdate September 21, 2010 ref Keahole Point and the Kona International Airport located there are named for the fish. ref Hawaiian Dictionaries keahole dic pp accessdate September 21, 2010 ref References Reflist 2 Perciformes stub Category Fish of Hawaii Category Kuhliidae Category Endemic fauna of Hawaii ...   more details



  1. Pidgin Hawaiian

    Orphan date June 2009 Not to be confused with Hawaiian Creole Hawaiian Pidgin , a creole language creole language. Pidgin Hawaiian was a language spoken in Hawaii , which drew most of its vocabulary from the Hawaiian language and could have been influenced by other pidgin s of the Pacific region. Emerging in the mid nineteenth century, it was spoken mainly by immigration immigrants to Hawaii, and died out in the early twentieth century. Like all pidgins, Pidgin Hawaiian was a fairly rudimentary language, used for immediate communication communicative purposes by people of diverse language backgrounds, but who were mainly from East Asia East and South East Asia . As Hawaiian was the main language of the islands in the nineteenth century, most words came from this Polynesia n language, though many others contributed to its formation. In the 1890s and afterwards, the increased spread of English language English favoured the use of an English based pidgin instead, which, once native language nativized as the first language acquisition first language of children, developed into a creole language creole which today is misleadingly called Hawaiian Creole Hawaiian Pidgin . This variety has also been influenced by Pidgin Hawaiian for example in its use of the grammar grammatical marker pau . Henry kokoe pau ref Literally finish , but probably used here to indicate a complete action. ref paina, wau ref 1st person singular marker. ref hele no ref Marker indicating that hele is an intransitive verb. ref Pidgin Hawaiian ref Siegel 2008 82 . ref After Henry had eaten dinner, I went. Jesus pau teach all dis kine story . Hawaiian Creole ref Da Jesus Book 2000 43 , quoted in Siegel 2008 81 . ref Jesus finished teaching all these kinds of stories. See also Hawaiian Creole Creolistics Pidgin Creole language Footnotes reflist 2 References cz title Pidgin Hawaiian Category Hawaiian language Category Pidgins and creoles ...   more details



  1. Hawaiian kinship

    Hawaiian kinship also referred to as the Generational system is a Kinship and descent kinship system used to define family . Identified by Louis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family , the Hawaiian system is one of the six major kinship systems Eskimo kinship Eskimo , Hawaiian, Iroquois kinship Iroquois , Crow kinship Crow , Omaha kinship Omaha , and Sudanese kinship Sudanese . Kinship system Within common typologies, the Hawaiian system is the simplest classificatory system of kinship . In it, differences are distinguished by generation and by gender. There is a parental generation and a generation of children. In this system, a person called Ego in anthropology refers to all females of his parent s generation as Mother and all of the males as Father . In the generation of children, all brothers and male cousins are referred to as Brother , all sisters and female cousins as Sister . The Hawaiian system is usually associated with Ambilineality ambilineal descent groups. It is found in approximately one third of the world s societies, although these are usually small societies. ref http anthro.palomar.edu kinship kinship 5.htm The nature of kinship ref Image Hawaiian kinship chart.png center 700px Graphic of the Hawaiian kinship system Usage The Hawaiian system is named for the pre contact kinship system of peoples in the Hawaii Hawaiian Islands . Use of the Hawaiian system is now most common in Malayo Polynesian speaking areas. This form of kinship is most common in societies with ambilineal descent groups where economic production and child rearing are shared. See also Family Kinship and descent Anthropology List of anthropologists Hawaii Sources William Haviland, Cultural Anthropology, Wadsworth Publishing, 2002. ISBN 0 ... anth220 kinship hawaii.htm Archnet Hawaiian kinship references Category Kinship and descent Category Kinship terminology Category Native Hawaiian ca Parentiu hawai es Sistema hawaiano de parentesco ...   more details



  1. Hawaiian quilt

    A Hawaiian quilt is a distinctive quilt ing style of the Hawaiian Islands that uses large radial symmetry radially symmetric applique patterns. Motifs often work stylized botanical designs in bold colors on a white background. Image Hawaiian Applique Quilt 2.jpg right thumb 200px A Hawaiian quilt. Hawaiian quilt applique is made from a single cut on folded textile fabric . Quilting stitch textile arts stitch es normally follow the contours of the applique design. History Hawaiian quilting derives from the kapa moe , an indigenous bed cover textile. Kapa was constructed from the inner bark of local ... may have begun in the Hawaiian islands with the arrival of missionary missionaries and Western fabrics ... Islands . Flag quilts Another Hawaiian quilt style incorporates multiple copies of the flag of Hawaii Hawaiian flag and commemorate the state s former independence as a sovereign Kingdom of Hawaii ... for quilting so all Hawaiian quilts are constructed from imported material. The earliest written reference ... the Hawaiian flag was considered treason. Quilts bearing symbols of the monarchy were a form of silent resistance. ref http www.nokaoimagazine.com Features Vol12 20No6 Hawaiian quilts.html ref Other Styles Hawaiian quilters also made other styles of quilts including embroidering quilts and crazy quilting . The most famous Hawaiian crazy quilt is the one made by Queen Liliuokalani during her internment after the overthrow of the monarchy. Value Image Hawaiian Applique Quilt detail.jpg thumb right ... integrity, and provenance . ref Why Hawaiian Quilts? Antiques Road Show http www.pbs.org wgbh pages roadshow tips index.html ref References Serrao, Poakalani, The Hawaiian quilt, A spiritual experience ... Press, 2002, 237 254. Footnotes references See also Hawaiian art External links http www.hawaiiquiltguild.org ... Features Vol12 20No6 Hawaiian quilts.html Article about Hawaiian quilters by Cheryl Tsutsumi. Maui No Ka Oi Magazine Vol. 12 No.6 Nov 2008 . commonscat Hawaiian quilts Layered textiles Category ...   more details



  1. Hawaiian hibiscus

    taxobox name Hawaiian hibiscus image maohauhele.jpg image caption The ma okina o hau hele is the state ... subdivision ranks Species subdivision See text. Hawaiian hibiscus are the seven known species of hibiscus ... family Malvaceae includes a relatively large number of species that are native to the Hawaiian Islands , those flowers presented to or regularly observed by tourists are generally not the native hibiscus flowers. Most commonly grown as ornamental plant s in the Islands are the Chinese hibiscus ... ahu. Perhaps only a dozen plants of H. a. immaculatus exist in nature in Hawaiian tropical rainforests Mixed mesic forests mesic and Hawaiian tropical rainforests Wet forests wet forests . ref cite news ... flowers. Sometimes planted as an ornamental or crossed with H. rosa sinensis see photo . In the Hawaiian ... tree found in Hawaiian tropical dry forests dry forests and Hawaiian tropical low shrublands low ... natural habitats, has become a moderately popular ornamental in Hawaiian yards. File Hibiscusclayi.jpg ... , and found in nature on Kauai Kaua okina i in Hawaiian tropical dry forests dry forests . Listed as Endangered ... H. kokio kokio found in dry to Hawaiian tropical rainforests Wet forests wet forests on Kaua okina .... k. saintjohnianus from northwestern Kaua okina i at elevations of convert 150 890 m ft abbr on . ref ... o that is white as snow is a Hawaiian endemic, gray barked tree, convert 6 10 m ft abbr on tall, with white ... rare and listed as endangered found in northwestern valleys of Kaua okina i, and H. w. waimeae occurring ... of Hibiscus listed above, there are several other related Hawaiian plants of the family Malvaceae ... one endemic Gossypium tomentosum G. tomentosum , uncommon but found in dry places on all the main islands ... plants pkokio.htm title Koki okina o work Native Hawaiian Plants publisher Kapiolani Community College ... hib brac.htm title Hibiscus brackenridgei work Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database publisher ... www2.hawaii.edu eherring hawnprop hib arno.htm title Hibiscus arnottianus work Hawaiian Native Plant ...   more details



  1. Hawaiian grouper

    This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Hawaiian grouper image status NT status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Actinopterygii ordo Perciformes familia Serranidae genus Epinephelus species E. quernus binomial Epinephelus quernus binomial authority Seale, 1901 synonyms The Hawaiian grouper Epinephelus quernus is a species of fish in the Serranidae family. It is found in the United States and United States Minor Outlying Islands . Its natural habitat s are open sea s, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, and coral reef s. Source Cornish, A. 2004. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 44675 all Epinephelus quernus . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007. Serranidae stub Category Epinephelus Category Hawaiian cuisine Category Fish of Hawaii ca Epinephelus quernus es Epinephelus quernus pt Epinephelus quernus vi Hawaiian grouper ...   more details



  1. Hawaiian Barbecue

    Mergeto L&L Hawaiian Barbecue date November 2009 Hawaiian Barbecue is a marketing term used to stylize the Hawaiian islands plate lunch for mainland Americans. Also known as Hawaiian Barbeque and Hawaiian BBQ, the term was first coined by Eddie Flores, Jr., founder of L&L Hawaiian Barbecue in 1999. Flores created the term Hawaiian Barbecue when he expanded to the mainland with the intention of giving customers a better idea of the Hawaiian plate lunch cuisine and to draw excitement from the popularity of Hawaii. Flores and his partner Johnson Kam are well known in Hawaii for popularizing the plate lunch in Hawaii through their chain of L&L Drive Inn restaurants. References cite news last Lynch first Russ title L&L Drive Inn restaurateur seeking mainland meal ticket publisher Honolulu Star Bulletin date 1999 11 26 url http starbulletin.com 1999 11 26 business story1.html accessdate 2006 10 12 cite news last Nakaso first Dan title Plate lunches conquer Mainland publisher Honolulu Advertiser date 2005 08 09 url http the.honoluluadvertiser.com article 2005 Aug 09 bz 508090351.html accessdate 2006 10 12 cite news title Watch Your Step publisher Restaurant Business Magazine date 2005 07 01 url http www.restaurantbiz.com index.php?option com content&task view&id 12984 accessdate 2006 11 01 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20060830195444 http www.restaurantbiz.com index.php?option com content&task view&id 12984 Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2006 08 30 Category Hawaiian cuisine ...   more details



  1. Hawaiian phonology

    conjectured that a t dialect existed in the northwestern islands, and a k dialect in the southeastern islands. Roberts documented a sound between th and k in free variation with k among elders from ... has conjectured that IPA is prevalent in the northwestern islands and IPA l is prevalent in the southeastern ...main Hawaiian language IPA notice This article is a linguistic description of the phonology phonological system of Hawaiian language Hawaiian based on documented experiences of the people who developed the Hawaiian alphabet during the 1820s and scholarly research on the Hawaiian language conducted by lexicographers and linguists from 1949 to present. Hawaiian is known for having very few consonant ... unusual among the world s languages. Hawaiian has either 5 or 25 vowel phonemes, depending on how ..., but it is nowhere near as dramatic as that of the consonants. Hawaiian syllable structure is C ... processes in Hawaiian include palatalization and deletion of consonants, and the raising, diphthongization ... of consonant phonemes during the historical development of Hawaiian has resulted in the phonemic glottal .... Phonemes and allophones This section is linked from Hawaiian language The following description of Hawaiian phonemes and their allophones is based on the experiences of the people who developed the Hawaiian alphabet, as described by Sch tz, ref Harvcoltxt Sch tz 1994 pp 83 152 ref and on the descriptions of Hawaiian pronunciation and phonology made by Lyovin, ref Harvcoltxt Lyovin 1997 ... Harvcoltxt Carter 1996 pp 373 374 ref It is notable that Hawaiian does not distinguish between IPA ... Hawaiian during the 1820s found that a IPA t reflex was common at the Kaua okina i Taua okina ... of Ni okina ihau Hawaiian. ref Harvcoltxt Sch tz 1994 pp 114 116 ref The missionaries also ... w , and between IPA b and IPA p . ref Harvcoltxt Sch tz 1994 pp 113 125 ref Consonants Hawaiian has ..., since Hawaiian has no affricate consonant affricate s, no fricative besides IPA h , and no other ...   more details



  1. Hawaiian lanternshark

    Taxobox name Hawaiian lanternshark image Etmopterus villosus.jpg image caption status trend regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Chondrichthyes subclassis Elasmobranchii ordo Squaliformes familia Dalatiidae genus Etmopterus species E. villosus range map Etmopterus villosus distmap.png range map width 200px range map caption Range of the Hawaiian lanternshark in blue binomial Etmopterus villosus binomial authority Charles Henry Gilbert Gilbert , 1905 Portal Sharks The Hawaiian lanternshark , Etmopterus villosus , is a shark of the family biology family Dalatiidae found around the Hawaiian Islands , between latitude s 23rd parallel north 23 N and 19th parallel north 19 N , at depths of between 400 and 910 m. Its maximum length is at least 46  cm. Reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous . References FishBase species genus Etmopterus species villosus month July year 2006 Leonard Compagno Compagno , Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World , Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0 691 12072 2 Selachimorpha D. DEFAULTSORT Hawaiian Lanternshark Category Dalatiidae ca Etmopterus villosus es Etmopterus villosus ...   more details



  1. Hawaiian Airlines

    Hawaiian islands. File Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 767 300 Akohekohe .jpg thumb A Hawaiian Airlines Boeing ...Infobox Airline airline Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. logo Hawaiian Airlines Logo.svg logo size 250 fleet size 36 19 orders destinations 19 IATA HA ICAO HAL callsign HAWAIIAN parent Hawaiian Holdings Inc. company slogan Only One Airline is Hawaiian founded 1929 as Inter Island Airways headquarters Honolulu ... subsidiaries website http www.hawaiianair.com www.hawaiianair.com Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. is a Major ... Corporate Headquarters . Hawaiian Airlines . Retrieved on May 20, 2009. ref the airline operates ... of Kahului Airport on the island of Maui . Hawaiian Airlines is owned by Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. nasdaq HA . Mark Dunkerley is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hawaiian Holdings. ref name ... and Fact Sheet publisher Hawaiian Airlines accessdate 2008 11 09 ref Hawaiian has never had a fatal ... History cite web url http www.hawaiianair.com about corporate history.asp title History of Hawaiian Airlines publisher Hawaiian Airlines accessdate 2011 03 07 ref Hawaiian Airlines was the number ... Airlines took the number one spot, pushing Hawaiian to a close second. ref cite news title Hawaiian .... Hawaiian Airlines has been rated the best carrier serving Hawaii by Travel Leisure , ref cite news title Magazine gives Hawaiian Airlines top rank date 2006 06 19 accessdate 2006 06 20 newspaper ... 11 13 newspaper Pacific Business News publisher American City Business Journals title Hawaiian wins ... Airways , the forerunner of the airline which is now known as Hawaiian Airlines, was incorporated ... 14, 2009 title The Buzz Hawaiian Air s first plane in 1929 is returning home newspaper Honolulu Star Bulletin url http archives.starbulletin.com content 20090714 Hawaiian Airs first plane in 1929 is returning ... phoenix.zhtml?c 82818&p irol newsArticle&ID 1340377 title Hawaiian Welcomes Home First Airplane 1929 Bellanca CH 300 Pacemaker date October 9, 2009 publisher Hawaiian Airlines accessdate ...   more details




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