Niihau

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Niihau is a privately owned, sparsely populated Hawaiian island known for its restricted access, preservation of traditional Native Hawaiian culture, and nickname “the Forbidden Isle.”

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Niihau canonical 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
accessControl by permission of owners only ⓘ
archipelago Hawaiian Islands ⓘ
areaSquareKilometers approximately 180 ⓘ
areaSquareMiles approximately 69 ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Kauai County ⓘ
culturalSignificance preservation of traditional Native Hawaiian culture ⓘ
distanceToKauaiKilometers approximately 27 ⓘ
governingJurisdiction State of Hawaii ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii
highestElevationMeters approximately 390 ⓘ
highestPointName Paniau ⓘ
knownFor Niihau shell leis ⓘ
linked to: Niʻihau shell leis

limited outside contact ⓘ
traditional subsistence lifestyle ⓘ
liesSouthwestOf Kauai ⓘ
linked to: Kauaʻi
locatedIn Hawaii ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
militaryUseNearby Pacific Missile Range Facility (offshore) ⓘ
nickname Forbidden Isle ⓘ
ownerFamily Robinson family ⓘ
population sparsely populated ⓘ
populationEstimate around 100 to 200 residents ⓘ
primaryLanguage Hawaiian ⓘ
Niihau Hawaiian dialect ⓘ
privateOwnership true ⓘ
purchasedBy Elizabeth Sinclair ⓘ
purchaseYear 1864 ⓘ
rainShadowOf Kauai ⓘ
linked to: Kauaʻi
restrictedAccess true ⓘ
sovereignState United States ⓘ
state Hawaii ⓘ
tourism highly restricted ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kauai County → contains → Niihau ⓘ
Kauai County → hasIsland → Niihau ⓘ
Hawaiian hotspot → created → Niihau ⓘ
Hawaii Territory → contains → Niihau ⓘ
Lehua → nearbyIsland → Niihau ⓘ
Lehua → locatedNortheastOf → Niihau ⓘ
Kaula → nearbyIsland → Niihau ⓘ
Hawaii region → hasPart → Niihau ⓘ