Lanai

Lāna`i

Nickname: The Pineapple Isle
Landsat satellite image of Lāna`i.
Geography
Location	20°50′N 156°56′W / 20.833°N 156.933°W / 20.833; -156.933
Area	140.5 sq mi (364 km2)
Area rank	6th largest Hawaiian Island
Highest elevation	3,366 ft (1,026 m)
Highest point	Lānaʻihale
Administration
United States
Symbols
Flower	Kaunaʻoa (Cuscuta sandwichiana)
Color	ʻĀlani (orange)
Demographics
Population	3,102 (2010)
Pop. density	23 /sq mi (8.9 /km2)

Coordinates: 20°49′7.30″N 156°55′56.03″W / 20.8186944°N 156.9322306°W / 20.8186944; -156.9322306

Lānaʻi (/ləˈnaɪ/; Hawaiian: [laːˈnɐʔi] or [naːˈnɐʔi]) is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain. It is also known as Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The island's only settlement of note is the small town of Lānaʻi City. As of 2012^[update], the island was 98% owned by Larry Ellison (Founder and Chairman of Oracle), with the remaining 2% owned by the state of Hawaii.

Lānaʻi is a roughly comma-shaped island with a width of 18 miles (29 km) in the longest direction. The land area is 140.5 square miles (364 km²), making it the 42nd largest island in the United States. It is separated from the island of Molokaʻi by the Kalohi Channel to the north, and from Maui by the ʻAuʻau Channel to the east. The United States Census Bureau defines Lānaʻi as Census Tract 316 of Maui County. Its total population shrank from 3,193 as of the 2000 census to 3,102 as of 2010^[update]. Many of the island's landmarks are accessible only by dirt roads that require a four-wheel drive vehicle.