The Enchanting Hawaiian Islands
How many islands make up the Hawaiian archipelago?
a. 132 b. 123 c. 143
Answer:
c. 132
The Hawaiian Islands form an archipelago that extends over a vast area of the North Pacific Ocean. The archipelago is made up of 132 islands, atolls, reefs, shallow banks, shoals, and seamounts stretching over 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the southeast to Kure Atoll in the northwest.