Lanai
Sign in to saveLānai, sometimes written Lanai, is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain. It is colloquially known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The island's only settlement of note is the small town of Lānai City. The island is 98% owned by Larry Ellison, cofounder and chairman of Oracle Corporation; the remaining 2% is owned by the state of Hawaii or individual homeowners.
Key facts
- Island.name
- Lānai
- Island.nickname
- The Pineapple Isle
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- LanaiLandsat.jpg
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- Landsat satellite image of Lānai
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- Map of Hawaii highlighting Lanai.svg
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- Location in the state of Hawaii
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- North Pacific Ocean
- Island.area_sqmi
- 140.5
- Island.highest_mount
- Lānaihale
- Island.elevation_ft
- 3,366
- Island.population
- 3,367
- Island.population_as_of
- 2020
- Island.density_sqmi
- 23
- Island.country_largest_city
- Lānai City
- Island.country
- United States
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- State
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- Hawaii
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- County
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Lānai, sometimes written Lanai, is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain. It is colloquially known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The island's only settlement of note is the small town of Lānai City. The island is 98% owned by Larry Ellison, cofounder and chairman of Oracle Corporation; the remaining 2% is owned by the state of Hawaii or individual homeowners.
Lānai has a land area of , making it the 43rd largest island in the United States. It is separated from the island of Molokai by the Kalohi Channel to the north, and from Maui by the Auau Channel to the east. The United States Census Bureau defines Lānai as Census Tract 316 of Maui County. Its population rose to 3,367 as of the 2020 United States census, from 3,193 as of the 2000 census and 3,131 as of the 2010 census. As visible via satellite imagery, many of the island's landmarks are accessible only by dirt roads that require a four-wheel drive vehicle.