Maui, Hawaii
Hawaii (also, historically, the Sandwich Islands) is
the archipelago of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific
Ocean. Hawaii comprises a group of eight major islands
and numerous islets in the central Pacific Ocean,
c.3,380 km (2,100 miles) SW of San Francisco, CA.
Admitted on August 21, 1959, Hawaii constitutes the 50th
state of the United States.
The US postal abbreviation for Hawaii is HI. |