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Niʻihau (Niihau; Zakazana Wyspa) – wyspa na Oceanie Spokojnym, należąca do archipelagu hawajskiego. Administracyjnie jest częścią amerykańskiego stanu Hawaje. Niʻihau jest wyspą wulkaniczną, najmniejszą z siedmiu zamieszkanych wysp Hawajów.
Niʻihau (Hawaiian: [ˈniʔiˈhɐw]), anglicized as Niihau (/ ˈ n iː (i) h aʊ / NEE-(ee-)how), is the westernmost main and seventh largest inhabited island in Hawaii. It is 17.5 miles (28.2 km) southwest of Kauaʻi across the Kaulakahi Channel .
21°51′55″N 160°13′25″W / 21,865300 -160,223500. Incydent na Ni’ihau – nazwa zajść na hawajskiej wyspie Niʻihau, które miały miejsce między 7 i 13 grudnia 1941 roku. Ni’ihau jest najbardziej wysuniętą na zachód wyspą w archipelagu Hawajów.
The Niʻihau incident occurred on December 7–13, 1941, when the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service pilot Shigenori Nishikaichi (西開地 重徳, Nishikaichi Shigenori) crash-landed on the Hawaiian island of Niʻihau after participating in the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Imperial Japanese Navy had designated Niʻihau as an uninhabited island ...
9 mar 2018 · In 1864, Elizabeth Sinclair-Robinson, born in Scotland and a plantation owner in New Zealand, purchased the island of Ni‘ihau from King Kamehameha V and the Kingdom of Hawaii for $10,000. With this exchange, she promised to preserve the “ kahiki ” or native Hawaiian culture.
6 gru 2018 · Remembering Pearl Harbor: the Ni’ihau Incident. December 6, 2018 by Jessie Kratz, posted in - World War II. This month marks the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Visit the National Archives News website to learn more about resources related to that infamous event.
Niihau, volcanic island, Kauai county, Hawaii, U.S. Niihau lies 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Kauai island. The smallest of the populated Hawaiian Islands, Niihau has an area of 70 square miles (180 square km). King Kamehameha IV sold it for $10,000 in 1863 to Elizabeth Sinclair of Scotland.
