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 The state of Hawaii is made up of a group of volcanic islands. It is located in the central Pacific Ocean. Hawaii is a string of 137 islands encompassing a land area of 6,423.4 square miles in the north central Pacific Ocean .The eight major islands from west to east are: Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, Maui and Hawaii.
Geographic coordinates for Honolulu are 21:18:25 North Latitude, 157:51:30 West Longitude. The Hawaiian Islands have 750 total miles (1207 km) of coastline.
Hawaii is the most geographically isolated population center on earth. It is 2,000 miles from the Marshall Islands, 2,390 miles from California, 2,500 miles from Tahiti, 3,850 miles from Japan, 4,900 miles from China and 5,280 miles from the Philippines.
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