en.wikipedia.org Kaua?i or Kauai[3] ( /?ka?.a?/; Hawaiian: [k?u?w??i]), known as Taua?i in the ancient Kaua’i dialect, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of 562.3 square miles (1456.4 km2), it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States.[4] Known also as the “Garden Isle”, Kaua?i lies 105 miles (169 km) across the Kaua?i Channel, northwest of O?ahu. This island is the site of Waimea Canyon State Park. Native Hawaiian tradition indicates the name’s origin in the legend of Hawai?iloa — the Polynesian navigator attributed with discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. The story relates how he named the island of Kaua?i after a favorite son; therefore a possible translation of Kaua?i is “place around the neck”, meaning how a father would carry a favorite child. Another possible translation is “food season. The island of Kaua?i has been featured in more than seventy Hollywood movies and television shows, including the musical South Pacific and Disney’s 2002 animated feature film and television series Lilo & Stitch, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, Stitch! The Movie, and Lilo & Stitch: The Series. Scenes from South Pacific were filmed in the vicinity of Hanalei. Waimea Canyon was used in the filming of the 1993 film Jurassic Park. Parts of the island were also used for the opening scenes of Indiana Jones’ Raiders of the Lost Ark. Other movies filmed here include Six Days …