17．The wind blows east to west in Hawaii．The highest recorded temperature is 96’F（Honolulu Airport），but temperatures over 92’F generally occur only once or twice a year．The lowest temperature（under 3000feet altitude）is 56’F．Temperatures under 60’F may occur but rarely more than once a year．Average daytime temp．（July）is 82’F．Average daytime temperature in January is 72’F．
18．There are no racial or ethnic majorities in Hawaii．Everyone is a minority．Caucasian（白种人）（Haoles（（夏威夷的）白人，非土著））constitute about 34％；Japanese－American about 32％；Filipino－American about 16％and Chinese－American about 5％．It is very difficult to determine racial identification as most of the population has some mixture of ethnicities（种族划分）．
19．A privately owned island，with livestock（家畜，牲畜）raising as its principal industry．There is highly limited access by general public through helicopter landings at uninhabited sites．Legend says Niihau was the original home of the goddess Pele．The island has a population of 230，and is 69square miles．
20．The fourth largest of the Hawaiian Islands．
21．The Waialua River is one of five navigable（适于航行的）river in Hawaii．It drains off Waialeale Mountain，which averages 488inches of rain per year and is considered the wettest spot on earth．
22．The Waimea，the Hanape’pe，the Lumahai and the Hanalei River are almost as big and quite navigable（适于航行的）．The Hanalei River was dedicated a “national treasure”recently and is under government protection from use as a “place of business”．
23．Honolulu is the largest city in the world—at least it has the longest borders．According to the state constitution any island（or islet）not named as belonging to a county belongs to Honolulu．This makes all islands within the Hawaiian Archipelago，that stretch to Midway Island（1，500miles northwest of Hawaii）part of Honolulu．Honolulu is about 1，500miles long or more distance than halfway across the 48contiguous（邻近的）states．
24．Wai Golf Course is Hawaii’s first municipal course．
25．Honolulu is the nation’s 11th largest metropolitan area．
26．More than 100world－renowned beaches ring Honolulu．
27．Iolani Palace is the only royal palace in the United States．
28．The world’s largest wind generator is on the island of Oahu．The windmill（风车）has two blades（桨叶；（推进器的）翼）400feet long on the top of a tower twenty stories high．
29．The island of Oahu draws more visitors than any other to Hawaii．One－third of the state’s best surfing beaches are on Oahu．
30．The island is home to many famous attractions including Haleakala Crater，the old whaling town of Lahaina，the road to Hana，and Kaanapali Beach．
31．Haleakala Crater（Ha－lay－ah－ja－lah），is the world’s largest dormant volcano（休眠火山）．
32．Molokai is known as the most Hawaiian Isle．
33．Molokai’s east end is a tropical rain forest and part of the island receives 240inches of rainfall a year．
34．Molokai Ranch Wildlife Park is home to rare African and Indian animals．
35．Kalaaupapa was once a leper（受蔑视的人）colony administered by Father Damien．
36．The island contains the world’s highest sea cliffs，Hawaii’s longest waterfall，and the largest white sand beach in the state．
37．The island of Lanai is considered Hawaii’s most secluded（隐退的，隐蔽的）．
38．The island was once the home of the world’s largest pineapple plantations．
39．Hulope Bay is a marine preserve and considered one of the best diving spots in the world．
40．Once used as a target by the U．S．Navy and Air Force the services are cleaning up unexploded shells．No one is allowed to go ashore without permission．The island consists of an uninhabited（无人居住的，杳无人迹的）area of 45square miles．
41．The Big Island is Hawaii’s largest at 4，038square miles．It is twice the size of all other Hawaiian Islands combined．
42．The largest contiguous ranch（大农场），in the United States，is in Hawaii．The Parker Ranch near Kamuela has about 480，000acres of land．
43．At 800，000years the Big Island is the youngest of the island chain．However，it was the first island discovered by voyaging Polynesians．
44．Kilauea volcano is the world’s most active．
45．Ka Lae is the southernmost（最南的）point in the United States．It is located at 18∶54∶49N 155∶41∶00W．There is a constant 27knots per hour wind blowing east to west，24hours per day and 365days per year．
46．Two of the tallest mountains in the Pacific—Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa—dominate the center of the island．Most of the world’s macadamia nuts are grown on the island．
47．Kilauea Iki is the world’s most active and largest volcano（火山）．
48．Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world（measured from its base at the ocean floor）．
49．The island houses the world’s biggest telescope and more scientific observatories（天文台，气象台）in one place than anywhere else in the world．
50．The island is the worldwide leader in harvesting macadamia nuts（〈植〉澳大利亚坚果）and orchids（［植］兰，兰花）．
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