Oahu is most known for its white sand beaches and world-class surfing spots like Sunset Beach, Waimea Bay, and the Banzai Pipeline. The name fits, since it comprises 4,038 square miles, making it the largest of the eight main islands, with a population of over 100,000 people. Hawaii, the southernmost of the eight main islands, was the birthplace of Kamehameha the Great. It was from the Kona coast that he launched his war canoes to begin his conquest of the other isles. Kamehameha ruled and died at Kailua-Kona.
Agriculture dominates the island's economy.
It is also the home of many macadamia nut farms and processing plants, large and small. The Big Island is also noted for its production of Kona coffee. The Island of Hawaii is quite famous for its active, but relatively safe, volcanoes. Its land mass is 555 square miles, with a population of around 48,000. Because of its distance from the other islands, Kamehameha the Great never reached Kauai during his conquest of the Islands.