Nihoa

Nīhoa, also written Nihoa and also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu, is the tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Hawaii
  • Also known as: Bird Island”, “Modu Manu”, “Moku Manu”, “Nīhoa”, and “Nihoa Island

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tanager Peak.

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Nihoa

Latitude
23.06023° or 23° 3′ 37″ north
Longitude
-161.92118° or 161° 55′ 16″ west
Elevation
259 feet (79 metres)
Open location code
72MW336H+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 436455398
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
5851460
Wiki­data ID
Q843411
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Xhosa—“Nihoa” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Nihoa
  • Basque: Nihoa
  • Catalan: Nihoa
  • Cebuano: Nihoa
  • Chinese: 尼華島
  • Chinese: 超過
  • Danish: Nihoa
  • Dutch: Nihoa
  • Finnish: Nihoa
  • French: Nihoa
  • Galician: Nihoa
  • German: Nihoa
  • Hungarian: Nihoa
  • Indonesian: Nihoa
  • Italian: Nihoa
  • Japanese: ニホア島
  • Lithuanian: Nihoa
  • Polish: Nihoa
  • Portuguese: Nihoa
  • Russian: Нихоа
  • Russian: остров Нихоа
  • Spanish: Nihoa
  • Swedish: Nihoa
  • Ukrainian: Ніхоа
  • Vietnamese: Nihoa
  • Xhosa: Nihoa

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