Puʻuwai, Hawaii

Puuwai (literally, "heart" in Hawaiian, ) is an unincorporated community in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States, and the only settlement on the island of Niihau. It is at the western coast of the small island, and Native Hawaiians who live in this village speak the Niihau dialect of the Hawaiian language. The community lives as they did hundreds of years ago, and the modern amenities of life are extremely limited. Access to the town, as well as the whole island, is limited to Niihau residents; only official visitors and invited guests are permitted. Puuwai has a one-room schoolhouse.

Niihau is located about 29 km west of Kauai.

Puuwai is the westernmost community in the principal Hawaiian Islands.

In popular culture
The island features in the 1980 alternate history film The Final Countdown, as the "deserted spot" where characters Senator Samuel S. Chapman and Laurel Scott are to be left on the morning of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. The Film was set set and filmed on board the real-life USS Nimitz (CVN-68). ''