Kaʻula

Kaula is a small, uninhabited island of the archipelago of Hawaii. It is 34 km south-west location of Niihau and thus represents the westernmost of the actual Hawaiian Islands (also known as " Leeward Islands ", engl. " Windward Islands ") is dar. Northwest of you joins the island chain of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands of.

The crescent -shaped island is the steeply rising from the Pacific crater wall of a former shield volcano; they do rises to 167 meters above the sea and thereby covers an area of 0.64 km ². Like almost all the Hawaiian Islands is also Kaula due to erosion already shrinking again.

The island was known to the ancient Hawaiian cultures and is mentioned in songs and stories. Also were tested for their remains of two stone structures, probably heiaus ( old Hawaiian temple ) found. Kaula is now uninhabited, but is occasionally visited by fishermen. Like many other small islands of Hawaii also Kaula is a State Seabird Sanctuary ( bird sanctuary ).

Flora and Fauna

On the dry surface of the island is only about 15 different plant species occur, the most common are Sida fallax (Hawaiian: Ilima ) and the hairy purslane ( Portulaca villosa, hawaiian: Ihi ). Kaula is a popular breeding ground nesting seabirds breed dar. So 18 different types with over 92,000 copies on the island. Particularly frequently before the Noddiseeschwalbe ( Anous stolidus ) and the Fairy Tern ( Gygis alba ) and the Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus ).