Nihoa, also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu, is the tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The island is located at the southern end of the NWHI chain, 296 km southeast of Necker Island. Nihoa is the closest NWHI in proximity to the eight main windward Hawaiian Islands at approximately 240 km northwest of th…Nihoa, also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu, is the tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The island is located at the southern end of the NWHI chain, 296 km southeast of Necker Island. Nihoa is the closest NWHI in proximity to the eight main windward Hawaiian Islands at approximately 240 km northwest of the island of Kauaʻi. The island has two peaks, 272 m Miller's Peak in the west, and 259 m Tanager Peak in the east. Nihoa's area is about 171 acres and is surrounded by a 142,000-acre coral reef. Its jagged outline gives the island its name, Nīhoa, which is Hawaiian for "toothed, serrated".
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