Premise: Hawaii . Hawaii is the only U.S. state located in Oceania and the only one composed entirely of islands . The state encompasses nearly the entire volcanic Hawaiian archipelago , which comprises hundreds of islands spread over 1500 mi . The archipelago is physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania . The Hawaiian Islands ( Mokupuni o Hawai`i ) are an archipelago of eight major islands , several atolls , numerous smaller islets , and seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean , extending some 1500 mi from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll . The island of Maui ( [ ˈmaʊ.i ] Hawaiian : [ - hawˈmɐwwi ] ) is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727.2 square miles ( 1,883 km2 ) and is the 17th-largest island in the United States .
Hypothesis: Hawaii is doubly landlocked.
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