12 Random facts about Hawaii
- Hawaii’s coral reefs make up over 80% of the reefs found in the United States
- Hawaii is the most isolated population center on the face of the earth. Hawaii is 2,390 miles from California; 3,850 miles from Japan; 4,900 miles from China; and 5,280 miles from the Philippines (source)
- Approximately 25% of Hawaii’s reef fishes and corals are found nowhere else on earth (source)
- There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet. Vowels: A, E, I, O, U Consonants: H, K, L, M, N, P, W
- From east to west, Hawaii is the widest state in the United States
- Haleakala Crater on Maui is the world’s largest dormant volcano (source)
- Mt. Waialeale on the island of Kauai is the rainiest place on the planet, with average rainfall of 476 inches per year
- Molokai has the world’s highest sea cliffs, Hawaii’s longest waterfall, and the largest white sand beach in Hawaii
- Hawaii is the only state in the United States that has an increasing land area (due to volcano eruptions)
- Kilauea Iki on the Big Island is the world’s most active and largest volcano
- Only two types of mammals are native to Hawaii: the hoary bat and the monk seal (source)
- Mauna Kea volcano on the Big Island is actually taller than Mount Everest when measured from its oceanic base. Mauna Kea stands at more than 33,500 feet and Mount Everest only rises about 13,615Â feet above its own base (source)
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fascinating stuff, but even the world’s largest volcanoe and the fact that we’re thousands of miles from anywhere won’t put me off the island one bit.
I still love it here and I’m so happy I left the UK behind.
Keep up the good work 🙂
So interesting! I never knew most of these facts. I do know that the Hawaiian natives invented surfing. Cheers!
Very interesting facts. I can’t wait to go scuba there!
I had no idea about #2. Very interesting!
Pretty excited to read this post since I’m heading there in December 🙂 yay!
I learned the Hawaiian alphabet in a song at Kamehameha and the last letter was actually the okina. It’s like a backward apostrophe that indicates pronounciation. So there were 13 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet. But maybe that was just for the song.
Wow, I love the beaches in Hawaii. By reading on this article, I could say that Hawaii is one of the best place to explore.
Whoa. I really didn’t know these things about Hawaii until now, after reading this post.
I’m shocked about #4. Only 12 alphabets? Why? I’m curious about it. I also heard that the Kilauea volcano of Hawaii is the world’s most active volcano. That’s kinda scary right? To think that a volcano just near you could explode at any time of the day.
In addition about Hawaii’s Random facts,
1.Ancient Hawaiians believed that the heavier a woman, especially a chieftess, the more beautiful she was.
2. The island of Maui was named after the demigod who taught Hawaiians to make fire, invented spears, and created a giant fishhook from his dead grandmother’s jawbone. According to the legend, when he fished with the hook, he brought the Hawaiian Islands up from the sea.
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