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Cape Kumukahi. Coordinates: 19°31′00″N 4°48′30″W. Cape Kumukahi, December 1943. Cape Kumukahi is the easternmost point of the Big Island of Hawaii. [1] It constitutes the eastern end of the East Rift Zone of Kīlauea which is prolonged under the sea beyond the course via the edge of Puna. [2]
Lens. 14.8 inches (375 mm) (original), Carlisle & Finch DCB-224 aero beacon (current) Range. 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) Characteristic. Fl W 15s. The Cape Kumukahi Light is a lighthouse in Kapoho, Hawaii at the easternmost point of Hawaii. It is best known for its survival of an eruption of Kilauea in 1960.
Kapu (Hawaiian culture) "Kapu" used on a "no trespassing" sign. Kapu is the ancient Hawaiian code of conduct of laws and regulations. The kapu system was universal in lifestyle, gender roles, politics and religion. An offense that was kapu was often a capital offense, but also often denoted a threat to spiritual power, or theft of mana.
View of Cape Kumukahi in 2010, Hawaii's most easterly point. When the eruption ended on February 19, the 122 × 106 cubic meters of lava and the 7.5 × 106 cubic meters of tephra released covered an area of over 10 square kilometers, including 2 square kilometers of new land reclaimed from the sea, bringing its volcanic explosivity index to 2. [1]
Added to NRHP. January 17, 1973. Heʻeia Fishpond ( Hawaiian: Loko Iʻa O Heʻeia) is an ancient Hawaiian fishpond located at Heʻeia on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. A walled coastal pond ( loko iʻa kuapā ), it is the only Hawaiian fishpond fully encircled by a wall ( kuapā ). Constructed sometime between the early 1200s and early 1400s, it ...
Hawaiʻi Kai, Hawaii. Coordinates: 21.288°N 157.704°W. Aerial view of Maunalua (Hawaii Kai) and Koko Head. Hawaiʻi Kai. Hawaiʻi Kai at Sunrise. Hawaiʻi Kai, also known as Maunalua or Koko Marina, is a largely residential area located in the City & County of Honolulu, in the East Honolulu CDP, on the island of Oʻahu.
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located on the west coast of the island of Hawaiʻi in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The historical park preserves the site where, up until the early 19th century, Hawaiians who broke a kapu (one of the ancient laws) could avoid certain death by fleeing to ...
Maunalua Bay. Coordinates: 21°17′03.18″N 157°43′05.45″W. Maunalua Bay in the south of Eastern Honolulu (red) Maunalua Bay (2016) Hawaii Kai, Portlock, Koko Head, Hanauma Bay, and Koko Crater. Maunalua Bay is a bay in the southeast of Honolulu, the capital of Hawaiʻi. The bay extends about 6.3 miles (10.1 kilometers) from the southern ...