The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, along with several atolls and numerous smaller islets, in the North Pacific Ocean. The chain extends roughly 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the south to the northernmost Kure Atoll. Formerly called the Sandwich Islands, the archipelago's present name derives from Hawaii, its largest island. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Mokupuni Hawaiʻi) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from the island of Hawaiʻi in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll.
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The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Mokupuni Hawaiʻi) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from the island of Hawaiʻi in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll
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