Talk:Hawaiian Islands
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Does anyone know how many of the islands are actually inhabited? RickK 19:04, 2 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Yes I do. What is the question? Marshman 02:59, 3 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- Could you include that information in the article? RickK 04:36, 4 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- I essentially put the information in the list of islands. But if you think I need to make ity clearer, let me know. Marshman 08:09, 4 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- Maybe I'm dense, but nothing in the article conveys that information to me. Why are you being so difficult? RickK 01:07, 5 Aug 2003 (UTC)
- Smile when you say that partner 8^). Fortunately for you, I'm a Rick (actually Ric) also. But you are partly correct. I had failed to include a line to indicate that all islands in the first or upper list are inhabited (lower list states all listed are uninhabited). Two (one in each list) are exceptions in that they have facilities for habitation, but no permanent residents.Marshman 01:30, 5 Aug 2003 (UTC)
The link for "Gardner" is misleading (i.e. to nowhere)
- It is. I will try and fix shortly. - Marshman 17:53, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Total number of Islands
When I was working in Hawaii a long time ago, I was administering a database of all islands and atolls. The database contained 132 total. The article claims there are 19 total. Because those numbers are practically a power of 10 off, I was wondering what source could be used to find the proper number of islands. Also, is it a range based on opinion. I can see one guy claiming, "That's an island." Then another guy says, "Nope, that's just a rock." Kainaw 20:59, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Answering my question... I continued further down the article and saw the entry about 137 islands. Of course, it came from the University, which is where the database of islands I was working on was located. Kainaw 21:01, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Probably from the state. The university should know better. The number of islands is infinite if you are going to start counting every "offshore" rock, which is what 137 is a good ways towards. Any such "listing" needs first a good set of definitions to have meaning. Maybe the data base did, but then using the raw numbers is "out of context" - Marshman 03:32, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Length of the Island Chain
This needs to be fact checked, the only source i have for this being a nautical mile is that 1500*1.8 =~ 2700, but 1500*1.6 !=~ 2700, furthermore, the image I inserted is broken for unknown reasons.
- According to Macdonald, Abbott, and Peterson (1983) the length of the archipelago is 2400 km, or 1500 miles (not nautical miles). - Marshman 18:55, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
