Kepulauan Hawaii

Kepulauan Hawaii ialah gugusan 19 pulau dan atol, beberapa pulau kecil, dan gunung bawah laut di Lautan Pasifik Utara. Kawasan ini melingkungi 2,400 km dari pulau Hawai'i di selatan sehingga ke Atol Kure di utara.

Kepulauan ini ialah gugusan pulau terpencil di Bumi di mana ia terletak kira-kira 1,860 batu (3,000 km) dari benua terdekat.^[1]

Penamaan

Gugusan ini mengambil nama sempena pulau terbesarnya, Hawai'i; pulau tersebut dipercayai datang daripada nama kawasan yang dipercayai merupakan tempat asal leluhur penduduk setempat, Hawaiki.

Kepulauan ini dahulunya dikenali sebagai oleh Apabila James Cook, penjelajah Inggeris, pertama kali melihat kepulauan tersebut pada 18 Januari 1778,^[2] gugusan tersebut diberi nama Kepulauan Sandwich (Sandwich Islands) sempena John Montagu, Earl Sandwich ke-4, penaja ekspedisinya.^[3]^[4] Nama ini menjadi kebiasaan sehingga dekad 1840-an.^[5]

Geografi

Pulau-pulau utama

Kepulauan Hawaii menjadi satu negeri dalam pentadbiran Amerika Syarikat yang dikenali sebagai Hawaii.^[6]

Rujukan

^ Macdonald, Abbott, dan Peterson, 1984
^ Rayson, Ann; Bauer, Helen (1997). Hawaii: The Pacific State. Bess Press. m/s. 26. ISBN 1573060968.
^ Jarves, James Jackson (1843). History of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands. Tappa et Dennet. m/s. 1.
^ James Cook and James King (1784). A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean: Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, to Determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America, Its Distance from Asia, and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe: Performed Under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. 2. Nicol and Cadell, London. m/s. 222.
^ Clement, Russell. "From Cook to the 1840 Constitution: The Name Change from Sandwich to Hawaiian Islands" (PDF). University of Hawai'i at Manoa Hamilton Library. Dicapai pada June 17, 2012.
^ "Guide to State and Local Census Geography – Hawaii" (PDF). Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau. 2013-09-09. m/s. 1–2. Dicapai pada 2016-09-16.

Pautan luar

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[1] Macdonald, Abbott, dan Peterson, 1984

[2] Rayson, Ann; Bauer, Helen (1997). Hawaii: The Pacific State. Bess Press. m/s. 26. ISBN 1573060968.

[3] Jarves, James Jackson (1843). History of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands. Tappa et Dennet. m/s. 1.

[4] James Cook and James King (1784). A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean: Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, to Determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America, Its Distance from Asia, and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe: Performed Under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. 2. Nicol and Cadell, London. m/s. 222.

[5] Clement, Russell. "From Cook to the 1840 Constitution: The Name Change from Sandwich to Hawaiian Islands" (PDF). University of Hawai'i at Manoa Hamilton Library. Dicapai pada June 17, 2012.

[Guide_to_State_and_Local_Census_Geography_-_Hawaii-6] "Guide to State and Local Census Geography – Hawaii" (PDF). Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau. 2013-09-09. m/s. 1–2. Dicapai pada 2016-09-16.

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