Lanai
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| Lānaʻi | |
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| The Pineapple Isle, Secluded Isle |
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| Population | 3,193 (2000 census) |
| Area | 140.53 square miles (363.97 km²) |
| Rank | 6th Largest Hawaiian Island |
| Flower | Kaunanoa |
| Color | Alani (Orange) |
- This article is about the island. Lanai (without the okina) is the Hawaiian word for a porch or balcony.
Lānaʻi (IPA: [l?? n??i]) is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is also known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The only town is Lānaʻi City, a small settlement.
The island is somewhat comma-shaped, with a width of 18 miles in the longest direction. The land area is 140.53 square miles (363.97 km²). It is separated from the island of Molokaʻi by the Kalohi Channel to the north, and from Maui by the ʻAuʻau Channel to the east. The United States Census Bureau defines Lānaʻi as Census Tract 316 of Maui County. Its total population was 3,193 as of the 2000 census.[1]
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[edit] History
Lānaʻi was first seen by Europeans on February 25, 1779, when Captain Clerke sighted the island from aboard James Cook's HMS Resolution. Clerke had taken command of the ship after Cook was killed at Kealakekua Bay on February 14, and was leaving the islands for the North Pacific.
In 1922, James Dole, the president of Hawaiian Pineapple Company later the Dole Food Company, bought the entire island of Lānaʻi, and developed a large portion of it into the world's largest pineapple plantation.
In 1985, Lānaʻi passed into the control of David H. Murdock, as a result of his purchase of Castle & Cooke.
[edit] Tourism
Tourism on Lānaʻi started more recently as the pineapple industry was phased out in the islands.
There are two resort hotels on Lānaʻi: Mānele Bay and the Lodge at Kōʻele. The latter is unusual for a resort in Hawaiʻi in that it is located inland rather than near the beach. There is also a small hotel in Lānaʻi City used primarily for people visiting Lānaʻi residents. Both resorts have golf courses, and are managed by Four Seasons.
The highest point is Lānaʻihale which is 3,370 feet high.
[edit] Trivia
- The largest private residence on the island is a mansion owned by billionaire Paul Allen. It is located next to Mānele Bay, facing Kaanapali on the island of Maui.
[edit] References
- ^ Census Tract 316, Maui County United States Census Bureau
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