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Facts : Population 3,193, Area 140 sq. miles
"Hawaii's Most Enticing Island." Formerly known as the "Pineapple Island," almost the entire island was, until recently, a Dole Company pineapple plantation but is now phasing in tourism, and is home to two world class resorts.
Flower : Kaunaoa (Yellow and Orange Air Plant)
Island Color : Orange
Lanai, once known as the Pineapple Island, although pineapple is no longer grown there commercially, has a land area of 140 square miles. It is the sixth largest of the Hawaiian Islands and has 47 miles of generally rugged, rocky coastline with some isolated sandy beach areas. Lanai is part of the County of Maui and has a population of about 3,000. Its only town and settlement is Lanai City. The island is 18 miles across at its wi dest point. It rises from sea level to the highest point at Lana`ihale, 3,370 feet, at the eastern end of the island. The island is marked by broad flat plains and plateaus that were formerly used by the pineapple plantation until its demise in the '80s. The north and east sides of the island have dry deep gulches and ravines running far inland. Lanai is probably as old as its nearest neighbors, Maui and Molokai. That would put its age at one to two million years, based on studies of those islands' underlying lava flows.
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