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Niʻihau, anglicized as Niihau, is the westernmost main and seventh largest island in Hawaii. It is 17.5 miles southwest of Kauaʻi across the Kaulakahi Channel. Its area is 69.5 square miles. Several intermittent playa lakes provide wetland habitats for the Hawaiian coot, the Hawaiian stilt, and the Hawaiian duck. The island is designated as critical habitat for Brigha…
Niʻihau, anglicized as Niihau, is the westernmost main and seventh largest island in Hawaii. It is 17.5 miles southwest of Kauaʻi across the Kaulakahi Channel. Its area is 69.5 square miles. Several intermittent playa lakes provide wetland habitats for the Hawaiian coot, the Hawaiian stilt, and the Hawaiian duck. The island is designated as critical habitat for Brighamia insignis, an endemic and endangered species of Hawaiian lobelioid. The United States Census Bureau defines Niʻihau and the neighboring island and State Seabird Sanctuary of Lehua as Census Tract 410 of Kauai County, Hawaii. Its 2000 census population was 160, most of whom are native Hawaiians; its 2010 census population was 170. At the 2020 census, the population had fallen to 84.
  • Location: North Pacific Ocean
  • Population: 84 (2020)
  • Area: 69.5 sq mi (180 km²)
  • Area rank: 7th largest Hawaiian Island
  • Highest elevation: 1,250 ft (381 m)
  • Highest point: Mount Pānīʻau
  • State: Hawaiʻi

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