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The Hawaiian Islands archipelago is located right in the middle of the Pacific Ocean just below the Tropic of Cancer. Located about 2,300 miles off the West Coast of the mainland United States, Maui, Molokai, and Lanai are located just to the northwest of Hawaii's Big Island.
Maui ranks as the third-largest of the 19 Hawaiian islands, covering 727 square miles, while Molokai and Lanai are the fifth- (261 square miles) and sixth-largest (140 square miles), respectively.
The geography of Hawaii, in general, is varied with volcanoes, mountains, rugged coastline, and smooth beaches. This is reflected in the geographical features of Maui, Molokai, and Lanai. Notably, the farther east one goes along the Hawaiian Island chain, the more volcanic activity the island exhibits. Thus, while Molokai and Lanai only have extinct volcanoes, Maui's volcanoes are still active.
Maui, for example, features two volcanoes linked by a fertile strip of land. There are also two volcanoes on Molokai, one on the eastern end of the island and the other on the western side of the island. Lanai is much smaller than both Maui and Molokai. Lanai is roundly shaped and only 18 miles across but, like the other two islands, it is also home to the varied topography of mountains and coastline.
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