Big Island
The island of Hawai'i — universally called the Big Island by visitors to avoid confusion with its namesake state — is the largest island of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Hilo
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Hilo is a town on the Big Island of Hawaii. The county seat and largest city in Hawaii County, Hilo is the one of the best starting points to explore the eastern half of the island, including Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is a United States national park on the Big Island of the island state of Hawaii.
Kailua-Kona
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Kailua-Kona, often referred to as "Kona" by the locals, is nestled at the bottom of the Hualalai Volcano.
Destinations
Volcano Village
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Volcano is a census-designated place in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States located in the District of Puna with a small portion of the CDP in the District of Kaʻū.
Waimea
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Waimea is a landlocked census-designated place in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States.
Waikoloa
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Waikōloa Village is a census-designated place in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii, United States.
Honokaa
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Honoka'a is a city in Hamakua district on the northern coast of Big Island of Hawai'i, and acts…
Pahoa
Pahoa is a small town in Puna district on the southeast side of Big Island between Hilo and Volcanoes National Park.Captain Cook
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Captain Cook is a census-designated place in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, in the United States, located in the District of South Kona.
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park
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Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park on the Big Island in the state of Hawaii.
Ka'u
Ka'u is the largest district on the Big Island of Hawaii between Puna and Kona, consisting mostly of lava fields, grasslands and agricultural exports including Ka'u Coffee, macadamia nuts, and oranges.Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park is on the Kona coast of the island of Hawai'i.Kohala
Kohala is the name of the northwest peninsula of the island of Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Archipelago.Big Island
- Type: Island with 185,000 residents
- Description: largest of the Hawaiian islands
- Category: volcanic island
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, North America
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Latitude of centre
19.5481° or 19° 32' 53" northLongitude of centre
-155.6649° or 155° 39' 54" westPopulation
185,000Elevation
3,162 metres (10,374 feet)GeoNames ID
5855799Wikidata ID
Q68740Big Island Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Hawaii
- Afrikaans: Hawaiï
- Arabic: Hawaii
- Arabic: هاواي
- Armenian: Հավայի
- Azerbaijani: Havay adası
- Basque: Big Island
- Basque: Hawaii (uhartea)
- Basque: Hawaii
- Basque: The Orchid Isle
- Breton: Enez Hawaii
- Breton: Enez Hawai‘i
- Bulgarian: Хаваи
- Burmese: ဟာဝိုင်ယီကျွန်းစု
- Catalan: Illa Hawaii
- Catalan: Illa de Hawaii
- Catalan: illa de Hawaii
- Cebuano: Island of Hawai‘i
- Chinese: 夏威夷大島
- Chinese: 夏威夷島
- Chuvash: Гавайи (утрав)
- Chuvash: Гавайи
- Czech: Havaj
- Danish: Hawaii
- Dutch: Hawai'i
- Dutch: Hawaï
- English: Big Island, Hawaii
- English: Hawaii
- English: Hawaii Island
- English: Hawaiʻi
- English: Hawai‘i Island
- English: Island of Hawai‘i
- English: The Big Island
- Esperanto: Havaja insulo
- Esperanto: Havajo-Insulo
- Esperanto: Havajo
- Esperanto: Hawaii
- Estonian: Havai saar
- Estonian: Hawaii saar
- Finnish: Big Island
- Finnish: Havaiji (saari)
- Finnish: Havaiji
- Finnish: Hawaii
- Finnish: Island of Hawaii
- French: Big Island
- French: Hawaii
- French: Hawaï
- Galician: Illa Grande de Hawai
- Galician: Illa Hawaii
- Galician: Illa de Hawai
- Galician: Illa de Hawaii
- Georgian: ჰავაი
- German: Big Island
- German: Hawai'i
- German: Hawaii
- German: Hawaiʻi
- Greek: Νήσος Χαβάη
- Greek: Χαβάη
- Hausa: Hawaiʻi
- Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi
- Hawaiian: Island of Hawai‘i
- Hebrew: הוואי
- Hindi: हवाई (द्वीप)
- Hungarian: Hawaii
- Icelandic: Hawaii-eyja
- Indonesian: Hawaii
- Interlingua: Hawaii
- Irish: Haváí
- Irish: Hawaiʻi
- Italian: Grande Isola delle Hawaii
- Italian: Isola Hawaii
- Italian: Isola di Hawaii
- Japanese: ハワイ島
- Korean: 하와이섬
- Latvian: Havaja
- Lithuanian: Havajai
- Lithuanian: Havajų sala
- Macedonian: Хаваи
- Malay: Hawaii
- Mingrelian: ჰავაი (კოკი)
- Mingrelian: ჰავაი
- Norwegian: Hawaii
- Norwegian Bokmål: Hawaii
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Hawaiiøya
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Øya Hawaii
- Occitan (post 1500): Hawaii
- Ossetian: Гавайи (сакъадах)
- Ossetian: Гавайи
- Papiamento: Hawaii
- Persian: هاوایی
- Polish: Hawai'i
- Polish: Hawaii
- Polish: Hawaiʻi
- Portuguese: Havai
- Portuguese: Hawaii
- Portuguese: Ilha Havai
- Portuguese: Ilha Havaí
- Portuguese: Ilha de havai
- Portuguese: Ilha do Havai
- Portuguese: Ilha havaí
- Romanian: Hawaii
- Romanian: Insula Hawai'i
- Romanian: Insula Hawaii
- Russian: Большой остров
- Russian: Гавайи (остров)
- Russian: Гавайи
- Russian: остров Гавайи
- Samogitian: Havajū sala
- Scottish Gaelic: Hawaii
- Serbian: Велико острво
- Serbian: Округ Хаваји (Хаваји)
- Serbo-Croatian: Hawaii County, Hawaii
- Slovak: Havaj
- Slovenian: Hawaii
- South Azerbaijani: هاوایی(آداسی)
- South Azerbaijani: هاوایی
- Spanish: Hawai
- Spanish: Isla Grande de Hawai
- Spanish: Isla de Hawai
- Spanish: Isla de Hawaii
- Spanish: Isla de Hawái
- Swedish: Big Island
- Swedish: Hawaii
- Swedish: Hawaiiön
- Swiss German: D Insle Hawaii
- Tajik: Ҳавайӣ (ҷазира)
- Tajik: Ҳавайӣ
- Thai: เกาะฮาวาย
- Tosk Albanian: Hawaii
- Turkish: Hawaii
- Ukrainian: Гаваї
- Ukrainian: Острів Гаваї
- Urdu: ہوائی
- Uzbek: Gavayi (yarim orol)
- Uzbek: Gavayi
- Vietnamese: Hawaii
- Vietnamese: Đảo Hawaii
- Waray (Philippines): Hawaii
- Waray (Philippines): Isla han Hawaii
- Waray (Philippines): Puro han Hawaii
- Waray (Philippines): Purô han Hawaii
- Welsh: Hawaii
- Welsh: Ynys Hawaii
- Western Frisian: Hawaï
- Wu Chinese: 夏威夷岛
- Yue Chinese: 夏威夷島
- Gavaie
- Ha-wai-i
- Havaji
- Havaju sala
- Hawai‘i
- Island of Hawai'i
- Island of O'why'he
- Isola Owhyhi
- L'ile Owhyhi
- O-Waihi
- Ovagi
- Ovai
- Ovaigi
- Ovaigii
- Owhyee
- Owhyhee
- Owhyhee Island
- Savaii
- हवाई
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Big Island. Photo: Footwarrior, CC BY-SA 3.0.