Talk:Nihoa

Picture

I think there should be a better picture of Nihoa here. Perhaps one from above? I've seen many pictures better suited, but I am not the one to add them as I am unsure of which are in the public domain. SeanMD80 18:26, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Rated High on Importance Scale

Because of its long history of Ancient Hawaiian habitation and many endemic species, I have rated Nihoa high on the importance scale for Wikiproject Hawaii. Feel free to contest this if you disagree. SeanMD80^{talk | contribs} 19:45, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

List of plant species on Nihoa

Preliminary list found here. Other references available. —Viriditas | Talk 01:51, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Ecology/human habitation

I added the note on deforestation on Pacific islands, which seems relevant to the presently bare and uninhabited state of Nihoa and Necker islands.Amdurbin (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 20:49, 28 November 2008 (UTC).

please add disambiguation page

Someone please add a disambiguation page for "Nihoa" (see also "Nihoa (genus)")... philiptdotcom (talk) 04:43, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

 Done Viriditas (talk) 06:48, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Nihao

The page Ni Hao is a disambiguation page; other pages including nihao are redirects to it. None of these directly treat the Chinese phrase that might be confused for Nihoa. I have changed the hatnote to link to Wiktionary: nǐhǎo. Another (better?) solution would be to link to the redirect Ni Hao (disambiguation), per WP:INTDAB. Cnilep (talk) 04:51, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

How would one confuse it with this page? Viriditas (talk) 06:22, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

No source

There's no source in this article to support those sensitive information:

• Nihoa is the largest island in NWHI.
• Nihoa is part of the Hawaiian – Emperor seamount chain

According to my knowledge, Nihoa is not the largest island. It just covers an area of 0.7 km² while Lisianski Island covers 1.55 km², not to mention Laysan Island which is over 2 km². This is wrong. Furthermore, Nihoa is not part of Hawaiian – Emperor seamount chain. This info. is completely contrast to what has been explained in the article about Hawaiian – Emperor seamount chain. Autumnyear (talk) 03:39, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, that's definitely an error found in several sources that it appears I added. The sources evidently meant tallest but mistakenly used the word largest, so I'll remove it. What do you mean that it is not part of the Hawaiian – Emperor seamount chain? It's part of the Hawaiian ridge, which makes it part of the Hawaiian – Emperor seamount chain. How could it not be part of that chain? I'm not understanding you here. Viriditas (talk) 04:47, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for your explanation. I got it :) It's due to my misunderstanding of the name "Hawaiian – Emperor seamount chain": I though it meant "a seamount chain named Emperor that belongs to Hawaii". So, there are 2 seamount chains: the first one called Emperor chain and the second one called Hawaiian chain, right? By the way, could you please explain this sentence for me: "The Devil's Slide is a narrow cleft descending 700 feet (210 m) irrespective of the surrounding elevation."? 700 feet is the height of the Devil's Slide comparing to sea level or it is the "depth" that is measured from the top of the cleft? Thank you. Autumnyear (talk) 09:48, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

Have you read the article on evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes? That will explain in detail why it is one single "chain" of volcanoes. I believe User:SeanMD80 wrote the part abut Devil's Slide, and I agree it is a bit confusing. My understanding of the passage (from the sources) is that the highest point above Devil's Slide is a feature called "Albatross Plateau", and then above that, Miller's Peak at 900 feet. Devil's Slide is a steep, valley chute that descends below the plateau for 700 feet. I'm not exactly sure what he meant by "irrespective of the surrounding elevation", but if I had to guess, he was trying to highlight the vertical drop of the fissure. You can see a photo here. Viriditas (talk) 10:10, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

I was confused at the name as this source called it "Hawaiian Ridge-Emperor Seamounts chain" while this source called it "Hawaiian Emperor seamount chain" (no dash). Thanks for your explanation! Have a nice day! Autumnyear (talk) 05:23, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

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*Add inline refs. —Viriditas | Talk 12:03, 10 May 2007 (UTC) The geology section needs to be clearer if not a bit larger, and tied in with a map. The Prehistoric Human Habitation section needs to be alot larger to include as much info that can be found. Early Exploration section needs to be more in-depth concerning the voyages made to it, and should include excerpts from the ships' logs if possible. SeanMD80talk | contribs 17:56, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Last edited at 17:56, 21 March 2008 (UTC). Substituted at 01:16, 30 April 2016 (UTC)