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Oahu
Instantia de: insula
Coordinatas: 21°29'6"N, 157°57'54"W
Area: 1 545 km² Edit this on Wikidata
Altitude: 4 003 ft Edit this on Wikidata
Paises: Statos Unite de America
ID VIAF: [153619954]
ID GeoNames: [5851609]
Commons: Oahu

Oʻahu (in hawaiano; Oahu in anglese) es le tertie plus grande del insulas hawaian, le archipelago de Polynesia le plus septentional, que contine alicunos del insulas polynesian le plus extense. Oʻahu ha approximatemente 2/3 del population del stato e es le loco del citate capital e le plus populose, Honolulu, in le costa meridional del insula, al est del famose Porto Perla (Pearl Harbor in anglese, Wai Momi in hawaiano) que era bombate per le imperio japonese in le attacco del 7 de decembre 1941, causante le entrata del SUA in le Secunde Guerra Mundial).

Con alcun parve insulas de su costa, como Insula Ford in le Baia del Perlas, e insulas in le Baia de Kaneohe in le costa del est, su area es 1,545.4 km2, le 20e insula le plus grande in le SUA.[1].

Bibliographia

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  • Doyle, David W. 2001. Rescue in Paradise: Oahu's Beaches and Their Guardians. Island Heritage.
  • Macdonald, Gordon A., Agatin T. Abbott, et Frank L. Peterson. 1983. Volcanoes in the Sea. Honolulu: University of Hawai. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. Press.
  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Samuel H. Elbert, et Esther T. Mookini. 1976. Place Names of Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press.. Honolulu: University of Hawai Press.

Referentias

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  1. Table 5.08 – Land Area of Islands: 2000 (PDF). 2004 State of Hawaii Data Book. State of Hawaii (2004).. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press.
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