This was the only attempt at colonization made on any save the main island of the group.

From North to South the islands of the group are:

There are four subspecies occurring on all the main islands of the group.

At barely 1.5 km sq it is the smallest island of the group.

Another day went by before they saw the outer islands of the group.

Piracy had always been a problem in the canal that separated the islands of the central group.

Dlinnyy, the largest island of the group, is only about 5 km in length.

Some five months were spent in the various islands of the Hawaiian group.

At an elevation of 30 meters, it is also the lowest island of the group.

The other islands of the group have a volcanic origin.