• Area is 116 square kilometers (45 square miles).

• Smallest of the eight main Hawaiian Islands.

• Length is 18 kilometers (11 miles).

• Width is 10 kilometers (6 miles).

• Farthest distance to ocean from any point is 3.8 kilometers (2.4 miles).

• Average annual rainfall is less than 63.5 centimeters (25 inches).

• Maximum elevation is 450 meters (1,477 feet), at Lua Makika.

• Length of general coastline is 47 kilometers (29 miles).

• Length of tidal shoreline is 58 kilometers (36 miles).

• Population today is 0.

• Population in 1866 was 18 on the whole island.

• Population in 1831 was 80 on the whole island.

• 46 kilometers (29 miles) of sea cliffs of heights 30–300 meters (100–1000 feet).

Kaho‘olawe | Hakioawa | Kanapou | Kamohio | Honokanai‘a
Kealaikahiki | Honokoa | Ahupu | Kuheia and Kaulana | Lua Makika
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