Sand Island (Hawaii)

Sand Island is a small island within the city of Honolulu, Hawaiokinai, United States. The island lies at the entrance to Honolulu Harbor. It was known as Quarantine Island during the nineteenth century when it was used to quarantine ships believed to hold contagious diseases. During World War II, Sand Island was used as an Army internment camp to house Japanese-Americans citizens and foreign nationals from Germany, Italy, and other countries as part of the wartime effort. It is currently used to hold much of Hawaiokinai's shipping container terminals. According to the United States Census Bureau the island has a land area of 203.78 ha (0.7868 sq mi, or 503.55 acres), and a population of 184 persons as of the 2000 census.

ee also

*Japanese American internment

References

* [http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/anthropology74/ce17o.htm U.S. National Park Service]
* [http://bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/sand.html bookmice.net]
* [http://starbulletin.com/2004/06/02/news/story1.html Honolulu Star Bulletin.com June 2, 2004]
* [http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Sep/04/il/FP609040322.html Honolulu Advertiser.com September 4, 2006]
* [http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Dec/06/ln/FP612060380.html Honolulu Advertiser.com December 6, 2006]
* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-show_geoid=Y&-tree_id=4001&-_caller=geoselect&-context=dt&-errMsg=&-all_geo_types=N&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-redoLog=true&-transpose=N&-search_map_config=|b=50|l=en|t=4001|zf=0.0|ms=sel_00dec|dw=0.04313675098188994|dh=0.03038299460539226|dt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent|if=gif|cx=-157.88127521431952|cy=21.310138158255985|zl=3|pz=3|bo=318:317:316:314:313:323:319|bl=362:393:358:357:356:355:354|ft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331|fl=381:403:204:380:369:379:368|g=01000US&-PANEL_ID=p_dt_geo_map&-_lang=en&-geo_id=100$10000US150030057009000&-geo_id=100$10000US150030057009001&-geo_id=100$10000US150030057009002&-geo_id=100$10000US150030057009003&-geo_id=100$10000US150030057009004&-geo_id=100$10000US150030057009005&-geo_id=100$10000US150030057009006&-CONTEXT=dt&-format=&-search_results=16000US1517000&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U Sand Island: Blocks 9000 thru 9006, Census Tract 57, Honolulu County, Hawaii] United States Census Bureau