• Area is 116 square kilometers (45 square miles).
• Smallest of the eight main Hawaiian Islands.
• Length is 18 kilometers (11 miles).
• Width is 10 kilometers (6 miles).
• Farthest distance to ocean from any point is 3.8 kilometers (2.4 miles).
• Average annual rainfall is less than 63.5 centimeters (25 inches).
• Maximum elevation is 450 meters (1,477 feet), at Lua Makika.
• Length of general coastline is 47 kilometers (29 miles).
• Length of tidal shoreline is 58 kilometers (36 miles).
• Population today is 0.
• Population in 1866 was 18 on the whole island.
• Population in 1831 was 80 on the whole island.
• 46 kilometers (29 miles) of sea cliffs of heights 30–300 meters (100–1000 feet).

Some Important Events in Kahoolawe’s History

• Kaluahinenui struggled for 30 hours to save her husband Mauea in the waters and then wearily washed ashore Kahoolawe in May 1840. The schooner had sunk.

• In 1941 (December 8) martial law was declared through Hawaii after the Pearl Harbor attack. This saw Kahoolawe’s use as a military training base.

• 1976 – Kahoolawe is occupied by Native Hawaiians who protested the misuse and desecration of the island.

• Nov 12, 2003 – after a struggle that lasted for several decades, Kahoolawe was back in the state of Hawaii.