Lehua Island is a small, crescent-shaped island in the Hawaiian Islands, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north of Niʻihau, 18 miles due west of Kauaʻi and is an uninhabited, 285-acre (1.15 km) barren islet. Lehua was one of the first five islands sighted by Captain James Cook in 1778 which he spelled as "Oreehoua".
