The Federated States of Micronesia are a federal republic located in the Pacific Ocean north of the equator. The islands that are part of it are located north-east of Papua New Guinea. The Federated States of Micronesia are located in ...
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Marshall Islands: atolls in the Pacific Ocean
The Marshall Islands (Republic of the Marshall Islands) are an archipelago in the north-central Pacific Ocean located north of the equator. This oceanic archipelago is part of the vast area of islands known as Micronesia. This island state is made ...
Read More »Northern Mariana Islands: islands north of the Equator
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands form a Commonwealth united with the United States of America. The islands have as their capital the town of Garapan, on the island of Saipan. The state of the Northern Mariana Islands includes ...
Read More »Kiribati: groups of atolls along the Equator
The Kiribati Islands (Republic of Kiribati) are a republic associated with the British Commonwealth, made up of three different archipelagos that straddle the equator line. This includes the Gilbert Islands, the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands or Equatorial Islands. ...
Read More »The beaches of Kauai: one of the islands of Hawaii
Kauai is one of the greatest places in the world for beaches. At many places around the nearly circular island, 33 miles long and 25 miles wide, broad beaches define the shoreline. Kauai’s many white sand beach have been backdrops ...
Read More »Na Pali Coast: a rugged and spectacular coastline
The Na Pali Coast is a rugged coastline that stretches for about 16 miles along the north-west coast of the island of Kauai, most of the Na Pali Coast is inaccessible because of its shape made of savage cliffs and ...
Read More »Waimea Canyon: the Grand Canyon of the Pacific
Waimea Canyon is a spectacular canyon, 16 km long and up to 900 m deep, located on the western side of Kauai along the Hwy 550. Nicknamed the “Grand Canyon of the Pacific”, the canyon was formed by a deep ...
Read More »Haleakala volcano: the dormant volcano overlooking Maui
Haleakala volcano is the crown of Maui‘s large eastern landmass that pinnacles to a 10,023 foot mountain. Haleakala means “House of the Sun” and the view at sunrise and sunset attracts numerous visitors. The dormant volcano boasts a circumference of ...
Read More »Kauai: waterfalls, canyons and spectacular coastline
Kauai is an island of volcanic origin that formed about 6 million years ago. This is the oldest island in the archipelago of the Hawaiian Islands and the fourth largest island (1,430 sq km; 552 square miles). The main inhabited, commercial, ...
Read More »Maui: an immense volcano and a spectacular coastline
Maui is an island of volcanic origin which is formed by two shield volcanoes joined together by a isthmus of flat land. This island, after the Big Island (Hawaii), is the second largest island in the archipelago of the Hawaiian ...
Read More »Niihau: the “Forbidden Island” of the Hawaiian islands
Across the Kaulakohi Channel off Kauai’s west coast lies a dry, barren island: the island of Niihau. This island is 18 miles long and about six miles wide. Its maximum elevation is Mt. Pānī’au (1250 ft; 381 m). The island ...
Read More »Honolulu: the most important tourist destination in Hawaii
Honolulu, is located on the island of Oahu, and is the largest city in the state of Hawaii. The city has in fact about 390,000 inhabitants, which become almost a million if we consider the metropolitan area of the city. ...
Read More »Hawaiian cuisine: Hawaiian food and Hawaiian dishes
AN ANCIENT COOKING METHOD: IMU The most popular traditional cooking method of Hawaiian cuisine was cooking in an “imu”. That is, in an underground oven. To build an “imu”, it is necessary to dig a shallow pit in the ground. ...
Read More »The climate of Hawaii: when to go to Hawaii
The Hawaii are located just south of the Tropic of Cancer, this means that the climate of the islands is sub-tropical, with mild temperatures and slightly marked seasonal excursions. The climate of Hawaii is characterized by the seasonal difference in ...
Read More »Hawaii: volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean
The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago in the northern Pacific Ocean, which are part of the United States of America, of which they form the 50th state. The islands are of volcanic origin, and are located about 4,000 km west ...
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