Hawaii

Coordinates: 21deg30’N 158deg00’W / 21.5degN 158.0degW / 21.5; -158.0 (State of Hawai`i)

Hawaii ( [email protected]; Hawaiian: Hawai`i [[email protected]’vaj?i] or [[email protected]’waj?i]) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. State that is not in North America, the only archipelago state, and the only one in the tropics.