The true size of Hawaii compared to the continental United States
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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Wow I definitely did not appreciate this before, good image!
It puts things in perspective, thanks for that
In all fairness, how many people count the atolls?
That’s the Hawaiian archipelago not to be confused with the state of Hawaii.Â
I’d like a similar map with the whole Pacific ocean overlaid on Afro-Eurasia.
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But we wouldn’t see much, I’m afraid.
For anyone wondering about French Polynesia :
Fun fact: Kure Atoll (the last island in the chain, in this map is pictured near San Francisco) is the northernmost atoll in the world!
Damn, the Big Island is basically the size of Houston
English is not my first language but isn’t extension a much more appropriate term? By size, my understanding would be that of actual land.
Is my assumption correct or can size actually be applied to this context?
There are a lot of simply uncorrect statements in this thread, All of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are fully part of the state of Hawai’i, Midway Atoll is the only exception.
Whoever made this image is trying to make it look so big when the entire actual LAND area is something like just the size of the Dallas/Ft. Worth metropolitan area.
Just the bit that spans Texas is quite interesting.
TIL, I had no idea. Great post
Ok, but conversely, the 8 main Hawaiian islands would fit into Wyoming…
HOAX! Hawaii is [teeny-tiny.](https://suncatcherstudio.com/patterns/us-maps/) /s
Very helpful actually
What the actual fuck??? HAWAII IS THAT BIG?
Pacific Ocean doing a lot of the work here.
Now do Alaska compared to the Lesser 48
Interesting! Did you make this yourself, OP? If you did I’d love to hear what projections you used and your overall process
WOWZA! WTF!
I had no idea. That’s a whole lot of archipelago!
Is this real? Had no idea
🤯🤯🤯
Cant help but think of the game Battlefield 1942 when we would strictly play Midway for hours!
da fuck do i know about the size of new mexico?
I think for this to be a fair comparison you also need to show the underwater portions of the 48 states that extends from the coasts.
😂
Sheeesh
well that’s news to me.
damn, the big island is barely bigger than the Bay Area
Could you compare it to just alaska
All those specs of land fit in San Diego county
Now show Alaska