Which Hawaiian island is nicknamed "The Forbidden Isle"?

Niihau is the westernmost and seventh largest of the inhabited Hawaiian Islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The island is designated as critical habitat for Brighamia insignis, an endemic and endangered species of Hawaiian lobelioid. Its 2010 census population was 170.

Elizabeth Sinclair purchased Niihau in 1864 from the Kingdom of Hawaii and private ownership passed on to her descendants, the Robinson family. The island is generally off-limits to all but relatives of the island's owners, U.S. Navy personnel, government officials and invited guests, giving it the nickname "The Forbidden Isle." Beginning in 1987, a limited number of supervised activity tours and hunting safaris have opened to tourists. The island is currently managed by brothers Bruce Robinson and Keith Robinson.

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Rachelle Wysong

Who hoo... I've had a day.. longest string of wrong responces ever! Thank goodness I needed this one to break the chain!

Barb Steiner

Got it wrong thinking of Molokai, the former leper colony.

ninakamwene

Gosh I missed it! Thank you Elizabeth Sinclair for protecting Mama Gaea's children. Nihao in Chinese means Hello. Nihao Niihau! Thank you.

Wayne Jines

Barb Steiner, Same here!

Wayne Jines

I was thinking Molokai as well, because of the leper colony

catmom

Barb Steiner, I did the same thing, ugh

earlepg

I'm thinking of Niihau as No-How. I don't remember hearing of it as one of the Hawaiian Islands.

teacherchicky

From my understanding Ms. Sinclair and her family simply wished to preserve a piece of the TRUE Hawaii and it's culture and indigenous species of plants and animals! It's true that no one other than family and Hawaiian Islanders are permitted on the island but to do so involves much paperwork and background information!

Lynne Zeman

Johnny Rock, the answer was lacking in detail. I had to look it up myself. It's a plant.

Janet Fredericks

Only residents and people who are 100% Hawaiian are allowed on the island.

Bob Blumrick

Molokai was where the lepers were banished to. That's why it was "forbidden" to go there for years.

james parrillo

Oh, sorry. I do not know how I injected poisonous, except maybe, in the back of my head I was wondering if that contributed to the "forbidden" aspect. It is a flowering plant.