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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  • Type: Island
  • 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”, “Kauaʻi”, “Kauai Island”, “Kauwai”, “Kawai”, “Otuai”, “Tauai”, and “The Garden Isle
  • Historically known as: Atooi”, “Atoui”, “Atowi”, “Attooi”, “Attowai”, “Kowi”, and “Towi

Kauai

Latitude
22.0494° or 22° 2′ 58″ north
Longitude
-159.531° or 159° 31′ 52″ west
Population
66,900
Elevation
2,018 feet (615 metres)
IATA airport code
LIH
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.
  • Afrikaans: Kauai
  • Arabic: كاواي
  • Armenian: Կաուայ
  • Azerbaijani: Kauai adası
  • Basque: Kauai
  • Belarusian: Востраў Каўаі
  • Belarusian: Каўаі
  • Bengali: কাউয়াই
  • Bulgarian: Кауаи
  • Catalan: Kauai
  • Cebuano: Kaua‘i
  • Chinese: Kauaʻi
  • Chinese: 可愛島
  • Chinese: 考爱岛
  • Chinese: 考艾島
  • Croatian: Kauai
  • Czech: Kauai
  • Danish: Kauai
  • Dutch: Kaua’i
  • Dutch: Kauai
  • Egyptian Arabic: كاواى
  • Esperanto: Kauai
  • Estonian: Kauai
  • Finnish: Kauai
  • French: Île de Kauai
  • French: Kaua’i
  • French: Kauaʻi
  • French: Kauai
  • French: Liste de films tournés à Kauai
  • Galician: Kaua’i
  • Galician: Kauai
  • Georgian: კაუა
  • German: Kaua’i
  • German: Kauaʻi
  • German: Kauai
  • Greek: Καουάι
  • Hawaiian: Kaua‘i
  • Hawaiian: Kauaʻi
  • Hebrew: קאואיי
  • Hebrew: קוואי
  • Hindi: कवाई
  • Hindi: काउआइ
  • Hungarian: Kauai
  • Indonesian: Kauai
  • Irish: Kauaʻi
  • Irish: Kauai
  • Italian: Kaua’i
  • Italian: Kauai
  • Japanese: カウアイ島
  • Kabyle: Kaway
  • Korean: 카우아이섬
  • Latin: Kauai
  • Latvian: Kauai
  • Lithuanian: Kauai
  • Malay: Kauai
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kauaʻi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kauai
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kauai
  • Norwegian: Kauai
  • Occitan (post 1500): Kauai
  • Ossetian: Кауаи
  • Persian: کائوآئی
  • Persian: کائوائی
  • Persian: کوآئی
  • Polish: Kaua’i
  • Polish: Kauaʻi
  • Polish: Kauai
  • Portuguese: Kauai
  • Romanian: Kauai
  • Russian: Кауаи
  • Serbian: Кауаи
  • Serbian: Кауај
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kauai
  • Slovenian: Kauai
  • South Azerbaijani: کائوآئی
  • Spanish: Kauai
  • Swedish: Kaua’i
  • Swedish: Kauai
  • Swiss German: Kauaʻi
  • Thai: คาไว
  • Tosk Albanian: Kauaʻi
  • Turkish: Kauai
  • Ukrainian: Кауаї
  • Ukrainian: Кауай
  • Urdu: کائوائی
  • Vietnamese: Kauai
  • Waray (Philippines): Kauai
  • Welsh: Kauaʻi
  • Welsh: Kauai
  • Western Frisian: Kauaï
  • Wu Chinese: 考爱岛
  • Wu Chinese: 考艾岛

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Kauai”. Photo: Andrew Baerst, CC BY 2.0.