The eight Hawaiian Islands are:
Hawaii (also known as the Big Island)
Maui
Kahoolawe (uninhabited; temporary residential facilities)
Lanai
Molokai
Oahu
Kauai
Niihau

You can see the island of Kahoolawe from the south shore of Maui. It is a very small island, about 11 miles long and 6 miles wide. The land is dry and arid, as the island receives no more than 25 inches of rain annually.

The official website of Kahoolawe has lots of interesting historical information about the island. That website is definitely worth a visit! Here's a small "teaser" from that site:

"The island’s lack of a freshwater source, disease, and violent wars among competing chiefs led to a sharp decline in the population, and Kahoolawe became almost barren. Sometime around 1830, when the missionaries had arrived from New England, the Hawaiian government of King Kamehameha III replaced the death penalty with exile, and Kahoolawe became a prison colony. In 1853, a law was passed repealing the law that made Kahoolawe a penal colony."

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