The state of Hawaii is located 2367 km north of the Equator, and 4025 km south-west of the nearest continental mass. The six main islands are part of an archipelago made up of 128 islands that stretches for 2452 km from Kure Atoll, north-west, to the Big Island, south-west. The islands are Oahu, Maui and Kauai (the Neighbor Islands), the Big Island (Hawaii), Molokai and Lanai. These are rocky outcrops, formed following the fracture of the Earth's mantle from which 25 million years is immense masses spill molten lava. The Big Island, the southernmost island, is still in its formative stages. Its most active volcano, Kilauea has erupted over the past 12 years more than