At the mention of Hawaii, many Russian certainly appear before his eyes the image of classical beaches "of TV advertising" with incredibly clear water and palm trees, natives, and a ball of fire, and someone will remember and music room of the famous Captain Vrungel from a popular cartoon; however, except for the brave captain cartoon, associations of inhabitants of other continents will certainly be different is not very strong.

 

Hawaii, the "youngest" of the North American states (which became such August 21, 1959), are eight major islands - Kauai (the Kauai), Oahu (of Oahu), Molokai (The Molokai), Lanai (Lanai), Maui (The Maui), Niihau (Hiihau), Kalhoolave ​​(Kalhoolowe) and the island of Hawaii itself (which is also called the Big island), as well as many small islands and atolls - all as part of the state, there are 132 islands. "The fourth from the end" among the country's largest states, Hawaii has an area of ​​six thousand four hundred and seventy square miles (one on the Big Island has to a little more than four thousand square miles).

 

The island of Oahu is Honolulu International Airport - the main point for tourists arriving on the island; by the way, make up a significant part of them Americans, and Japanese. There, on Oahu, it has been located and the infamous US military base at Pearl Harbor; Now there is a place located memorial battleship "Arizona» (USS Arizona Memorial), built over the flooded during the Japanese bombing in 1941 warship.