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Molokaʻi (also Molokai) is an islan in the Hawaiian archipelago. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) in size with a land area of 260.0 square miles (673.4 km²), making it the fifth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands and the 27th largest island in the United States. It lies east of Oʻahu across the 25-mile (40 km) wide Kaiwi Channel and north of Lānaʻi, separated from it by the Kalohi Channel. The lights of Honolulu are visible at night from the west end of Molokaʻi, while nearby Lānaʻi and Maui are clearly visible from anywhere along the south shore of the Island.

Trivia about molokai

  • Father Damien was buried on this Hawaiian island but in 1936 his remains were moved to Belgium
  • In 1866 a leper colony was founded on this Hawaiian island's Kalaupapa Peninsula
  • Once home to Father Damien, this island is so unspoiled that it still has no traffic lights
  • The site of a leper colony, this Hawaiian island is nicknamed the "Friendly Island"
  • Belgian priest Father Damien ministered to lepers on this Hawaiian island
  • In the 1870s Father Damien arrived at the leper colony on this, which has been called the most Hawaiian isle
  • Civil War veteran Ira Dutton became Brother Joseph & helped Father Damien care for the lepers on this island
  • Puu Nana is a peak on this island, home to Hawaii's leprosy treatment center
  • This island's Kalaupapa National Historical Park preserves the Kalaupapa leper settlement

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