Nihoa

national monument in the United States

thumb|upright=1.4|Map showing the location of Nīhoa in the Hawaiian island chain Nīhoa, also written Nihoa and also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu, is the tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). The island is located at the southern end of the NWHI chain, southeast of Necker Island. Nīhoa is the closest NWHI in proximity to the eight main windward Hawaiian Islands at approximately northwest of the island of Kauaʻi. The island has two peaks, Miller's Peak in the west, and Tanager Peak in the east. Nīhoa's area is about and is surrounded by a