Talk:List of islands of Hawaii

Having created the List of islands of Michigan article with its innumerable islands and sub-articles, I thought it would be interesting to create a similar article for another state—Hawaii being one I've been to before in the past. I was surprised to see that no such article in any form existed, considering Hawaii is nothing but islands. Using this website, I found the names and coordinates of the islands of Hawaii. I cross-checked to make sure they were accurate. There are several discrepancies in the article that I've encountered in its creation, but none compromise the integrity and accuracy of the article:


 * 1) Some islands listed on that website have "?" in place of non-represented characters. I cross-checked other sites, but this missing character can be either an ʻOkina, a Polynesian Ā|ā, or an ō—all of these common in the Hawaiian language, which I'll admit I know nothing about with its limited characters.  For example, Lānaʻi contains both but appeared on the listing website as L?na?i, where the non-standard characters are omitted.  In most cases, I found the missing characters, but I lament that all of them aren't solidly accurate.  I tried my best to write words in their original Hawaiian name with these characters, because after all, the world is not English.
 * 2) The coordinates appear to be off by miniscule proportions. I used the coordinates listed on the site, and checked other maps to ensure that the island really did exist.  But, there are some instances where coordinates were off by fractions of a second.  This is important since some islands are no larger than a mere rock sticking above the surface.  So, off coordinates show you the ocean with a tiny object nearby.  This seemed especially noticeable in the islands of the French Frigate Shoals.  I used Google Earth to correct some of these tiny errors, but I haven't gone through and changed some, which usually includes something as mundane as changing an island's coordinates about 50 meters from 21.17861°N 156.88889°W to 21.17861°N 156.88901°W.
 * 3) The total amount of islands might be off. I guarantee that there are some islands that aren't named, but my total count came to 152.  For example, the French Frigate Shoals, Mokulua Islands, and Mokumanu Islands consist of multiple islands, even if they are listed in their own right.  Those names were not included in the count.  Also, even though Midway Atoll is not part of Hawaii, it is part of the chain and received special mention in this article.  However, there is no island named "Midway Island" or "Midway Atoll".  According to various maps, the atoll consists of three (maybe four) separately named islands.  So, I can't say the 152 number is definitive and is therefore listed as an approximation.

If anyone has any corrections to make, I welcome it and hope this article provides some use. —  ♣ №tǒŖïøŭş  4lĭfė   ♫   ♪  02:52, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

K kaimanini Island?
I changed K Kaimanini island to Kukaimanini. It makes no sense and it was probably an error with kahakō in the "u".

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Two problems with mentions of Midway Atoll islands
Note these two portions of the page: (1) "The state of Hawaii officially recognizes only 137 islands in the state which includes four islands of the Midway Atoll." and (2) "Large Islands: Approximately 8 islands (including 4 of the Midway Atoll)"

Number 1 implies that Hawaii claims the four islands in the Midway Atoll, which multiple wiki pages (and other sources) dispute. Is it possible that "state" should be "chain"; I.E. "...only recognizes 137 islands in the chain..."?

Number 2 implies that there are 8 large islands *including* the 4 islands in the Midway Atoll. There are 8 large islands in the state of Hawaii and that doesn't include the ones in the Midway Atoll. Again, I'm not sure what was meant here. The 4 islands of the Midway Atoll are not in the state of Hawaii but are in the chain of islands.

So, I'm pretty certain that these two areas are wrong but I'm not sure how to correct them. Can someone who is more familiar with the geography, and possibly more familiar with the intent of the author, please clean this up?

WikiAlto (talk) 05:37, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

List of Islands turned into a list of counties
Why is it that when I come here looking for a list of Islands, I instead see a list of Counties? Seems like this article lost its way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.125.19.127 (talk) 23:44, 10 January 2021 (UTC)