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Hawaii Physical Map

Hawaii’s islands are the tops of the largest mountains on Earth — measured from seafloor, Mauna Kea is taller than Everest. The physical map shows only the part above sea level.

Rendered from SRTM 30m elevation data + Natural Earth rivers/lakes + US Census state boundary. Four versions below, all free.

Highest Point

Mauna Kea

13,803 ft

Lowest Point

Pacific Ocean

0 ft

Hawaii physical map showing the volcanic shields of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, Haleakala on Maui, and Kauai’s ancient volcanic ridges, with major peaks and cities labeled. Topographic relief from NASA SRTM elevation data.

Choose your version

Two maps, two versions of each.

The same Hawaii terrain as a classroom map and as wall art. All four are free PDFs.

Hawaii physical map, labeled: the volcanic shields of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, Haleakala on Maui, and Kauai’s ancient volcanic ridges, with the capital, cities and highest point marked
Labeled
Hawaii blank physical map: the same terrain with no labels, for labeling practice
Blank
Physical map

Hawaii physical map for the classroom

Elevation in color with shaded relief, plus the surrounding states and water for context. The labeled version marks the capital, major cities and the highest point. The blank version leaves them off so students can label the map themselves.

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Hawaii relief wall art on a dark background
Dark
Hawaii relief wall art on a light background
Light
Wall art

Hawaii relief wall art

Hawaii on its own, with strong shaded relief and no labels. The dark version has the most contrast. The light version uses far less ink on a home printer.

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The physical geography of Hawaii

Every Hawaiian island is the top of a volcano that grew from the Pacific seafloor. The islands get younger toward the southeast. Kauai, in the northwest, is old and deeply eroded, with Waimea Canyon cut into its western side. Oahu is made of two worn volcanic ranges, the Waianae and the Koolau. Maui is two volcanoes joined by a low isthmus, the larger being Haleakala. The Big Island of Hawaii is the youngest, built from five volcanoes including Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa and Kilauea.

Major rivers

  • Wailuku (Hawaii)
  • Waimea (Kauai)
  • Hanalei (Kauai)

Hawaii has no large rivers. Its streams are short and steep.

Find it on the map

  • Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, the two broad domes on the Big Island
  • The low isthmus joining the two halves of Maui
  • The islands growing smaller and more worn toward the northwest
verified

Built from real data, not stock images.

Every Hawaii physical map on this page was rendered from NASA SRTM 30-meter elevation data, with hydrography from Natural Earth and the shoreline-clipped state outline from the US Census Bureau. Each map is colored over that state’s own elevation range, and the relief shading is exaggerated so gentle terrain still shows.

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Hawaii political map

The blank outline version of Hawaii (state borders, no terrain). Useful for political-geography exercises.

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