Data Collections

NWHI - Nihoa Island

Approximately 250 km WNW of Kaua'i and 1975 km ESE of Midway lies Nihoa Island at longitude 161 degrees 56 minutes W and latitude 23 degrees 03 minutes N. Nihoa is estimated to be 7.2 million years old. Erosion has left only about 0.6 sq. km of what was once a large island. The sheer cliffs of the island jut up to as high as 215 m.

Maps and Imagery

• Nihoa Island map: 211KB, JPG file
• Nihoa Island IKONOS image (13m): 273KB, JPG file
• Nihoa Island IKONOS image (8m): 531KB, JPG file
• Nihoa Island bathymetry image (13m): 216KB, JPG file
• Nihoa Island bathymetry image (4m)
• Nihoa Island habitat cover image (13m): 304KB, JPG file
• Nihoa Island habitat cover image (4m)
• Nihoa Island detailed habitat image (13m): 271KB, JPG file
• Nihoa Island detailed habitat image (4m)

Shapefiles

Download shapefiles which correspond to the detailed habitat class and aggregated cover imagery. Each zipped shapefile consists of 6 separate files, with the same root name and .dbf, .prj, .sbn, .sbx, .shp, and .shx extensions.

• Nihoa Island detailed habitat shapefile
• Nihoa Island habitat cover shapefile

Assisted Files and Data