Mokuʻaeʻae

Mokuʻaeʻae
Mokuʻaeʻae seen from Kauaʻi
Waters	Pacific Ocean
Archipelago	Hawaii
Geographical location	22 ° 14 '4 "  N , 159 ° 24' 10"  W Coordinates: 22 ° 14 '4 "  N , 159 ° 24' 10"  W
length	260 m
width	170 m
surface	3 ha
Highest elevation	35  m
Residents	uninhabited

Mokuʻaeʻae is a small, uninhabited island off the north coast of Kauaʻi in the archipelago of Hawaii . It is only about 100 m north of the northern tip of Kaua'i, not far from the Kīlauea Point Lighthouse , and thus represents the northernmost landmass of Hawaii (excluding the Northwest Hawaiian Islands ).

The up to 35 m high island with a striking plateau is about 250 m long, 170 m wide and has an area of ​​about 0.03 km². Numerous sea birds like the black-footed albatross ( Phoebastria nigripes ) and the Frigate ( Fregata minor ) populate the island, two species breed on her, The red-tailed tropic bird ( Phaethon rubricauda ) and the wedge-tailed shearwater ( Puffinus pacificus , hawaiian : 'ua'u kani or hō'io ) . Mokuʻaeʻae is therefore, like many other small islands in Hawaii, a Hawaiʻi State Seabird Sanctuary ( bird sanctuary ) and may not be entered.

Web links

• Mokuʻaeʻae in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
• Mokuʻaeʻae in the Offshore Islet Restoration Committee (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hōʻio in Hawaiian Dictionaries , ʻuaʻu kani in Hawaiian Dictionaries