What is the Island of Hawaiʻi also known as?
Q: What is the Island of Hawaiʻi also known as?
A: The Island of Hawaiʻi is also known as the "Big Island."
Q: What is the total area of the Island of Hawaiʻi?
A: The total area of the Island of Hawaiʻi is 4,038 sq. miles (10,458 km2).
Q: How much of the total land area of the State of Hawaii does the Big Island have?
A: The Big Island has more than half (~62%) of the total land area of State of Hawaii.
Q: What are the seven shield volcanoes on the Big Island?
A: The seven shield volcanoes on the Big Island are Kohala (extinct), Mauna Kea (dormant), Hualalai (dormant), Mauna Loa (active), Kulani (extinct, mostly buried), and Kilauea (very active).
Q: How were the volcanoes on the Big Island formed?
A: The volcanoes on the Big Island were caused by the Pacific oceanic tectonic plate moving over a hotspot, where lava from the Earth's lower mantle or upper core is close to the surface.
Q: Which city is the largest on the Big Island?
A: The largest city on the Big Island is Hilo.
Q: Which side of the Big Island is on the dry side?
A: The city of Kailua-Kona is on the dry, west side of Hawaii.
