Kauai

Kauai is the most northwestern of 's major islands and is the 4th largest by size and population. Nicknamed the Garden Island, it is covered with lush greenery and tropical plants, watered regularly by abundant rainfall.
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  • Island
  • …has about 66,900 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 620 metres (2,020 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code LIH
  • Description: northernmost populated island of the Hawaiian archipelago
  • Also known as
    “Ataguay”
    “Atoo”
    “Atooai”
    “Atouai Island”
    “Atowa”
    “Attahoy”
    “Attoi”
    “Atuai”
    “Atui”
    “Atuvai”
    “Garden Island”
    “Island of Kauai”
    “Kauai Island”
    “Kauwai”
    “Kawai”
    “Otuai”
    “Tauai”
    “The Garden Isle”
  • Historically known as
    “Atooi”
    “Atoui”
    “Atowi”
    “Attooi”
    “Attowai”
    “Kowi”
    “Towi”
  • Categories
    volcanic island
    landform
  • Location
  • View on Open­Street­Map
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Latitude
22.0494° or 22° 2′ 58″ north
Longitude
-159.531° or 159° 31′ 52″ west
Open location code
73J22FX9+QJ
Geo­Names ID
5848511
Wiki­data ID
Q201026

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Kauai” goes by many names.
KauaiAfrikaans
كاوايArabic
ԿաուայArmenian
Kauai adasıAzerbaijani
KauaiBasque
Востраў КаўаіBelarusian
КаўаіBelarusian
কাউয়াইBengali
КауаиBulgarian
KauaiCatalan
Kaua‘iCebuano
可愛島Chinese
考愛島Chinese
考爱岛Chinese
考艾島Chinese
KauaiCroatian
KauaiCzech
KauaiDanish
Kaua’iDutch
كاواىEgyptian Arabic
KauaiEsperanto
KauaiEstonian
KauaiFinnish
Île de KauaiFrench
Kaua’iFrench
Liste de films tournés à KauaiFrench
Kaua’iGalician
კაუაGeorgian
Kaua’iGerman
ΚαουάιGreek
Kaua‘iHawaiian
קאואייHebrew
קוואיHebrew
कवाईHindi
काउआइHindi
KauaiHungarian
KauaiIndonesian
KauaʻiIrish
Kaua’iItalian
カウアイ島Japanese
KawayKabyle
카우아이섬Korean
KauaiLatin
KauaiLatvian
KauaiLithuanian
Kaua’iLuxembourgish
KauaiMalay
KauaʻiMin Nan Chinese
KauaiNorwegian
KauaiNorwegian Bokmål
KauaiNorwegian Nynorsk
KauaiOccitan (post 1500)
КауаиOssetian
کائوآئیPersian
کوآئیPersian
Kaua’iPolish
KauaiPortuguese
KauaiRomanian
КауаиRussian
КауаиSerbian
КауајSerbian
KauaiSerbo-Croatian
KauaiSlovenian
کائوآئیSouth Azerbaijani
KauaiSpanish
Kaua’iSwedish
KauaʻiSwiss German
КауаиTajik
คาไวThai
KauaiTurkish
КауаїUkrainian
КауайUkrainian
کائوائیUrdu
KauaiVietnamese
KauaiWaray (Philippines)
KauaʻiWelsh
KauaïWestern Frisian
考爱岛Wu Chinese
考艾岛Wu Chinese
ma lili Kawawi

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