🏝️ Laysan

United States · Americas · 25.77°N, 171.74°W

Laysan is one of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, located 808 nautical miles northwest of Honolulu. It has one land mass of 1,016 acres (411 ha), about 1 by 1+1⁄2 miles in size. It is an atoll of sorts, although the land completely surrounds Laysan Lake, some 2.4 m (7.9 ft) above sea level, that has a salinity approximately three times greater than the ocean. Laysan's Hawaiian name, Kauō, means "egg".

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Quick facts

Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	25.77°N, 171.74°W · view on map

Laysan is located in United States, in Americas.

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