Kaho‘olawe

Kahoʻolawe is the smallest of the eight main volcanic islands of the . Unpopulated, it lies about seven miles southwest of . The island is 11 mi long by 6.0 mi wide, with a total land area of 44.97 sq mi.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Maui County, Hawaii
  • Also known as: Kadulawe”, “Kaho’olawe”, “Kaho‘olawe Island”, “Kahoʻolawe”, “Kahoolawe”, “Kanaloa”, “Kohema-lama-lama”, “Tahoorawa”, and “Tahoorowa
  • Historically known as: Kahowrowee

Kaho‘olawe

Latitude
20.55° or 20° 33′ north
Longitude
-156.6° or 156° 36′ west
Elevation
899 feet (274 metres)
Open location code
73G5GCX2+X2
Geo­Names ID
5847357
Wiki­data ID
Q224086
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Wu Chinese—“Kaho‘olawe” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Kahoolawe
  • Catalan: Kahoolawe
  • Cebuano: Kaho‘olawe
  • Chinese: 卡胡拉威島
  • Chinese: 卡荷拉維島
  • Chinese: 卡霍奥拉韦岛
  • Chinese: 卡霍奧拉威島
  • Chinese: 卡霍奧拉韋島
  • Czech: Kahoolawe
  • Danish: Kahoolawe
  • Dutch: Kaho’olawe
  • Dutch: Kahoʻolawe
  • Dutch: Kahoolawe
  • Egyptian Arabic: كاهولاو
  • Esperanto: Kahoolawe
  • Estonian: Kahoolawe
  • Finnish: Kaho’olawe
  • Finnish: Kahoolawe
  • French: Kaho’olawe
  • French: Kahoolawe
  • Galician: Kahoolawe
  • German: Kaho’olawe
  • German: Kahoʻolawe
  • German: Kahoolawe
  • German: Kahulaui
  • Greek: Καχοολάβε
  • Hawaiian: Kaho‘olawe
  • Hawaiian: Kahoʻolawe
  • Hebrew: קאהולאווה
  • Hungarian: Kahoolawe
  • Indonesian: Kahoolawe
  • Irish: Kahoʻolawe
  • Irish: Kahoolawe
  • Italian: Kahoolawe
  • Japanese: Kahoʻolawe
  • Japanese: カホオラウェ島
  • Korean: 카호올라웨섬
  • Latvian: Kahoolave
  • Lithuanian: Kahoolavė
  • Malay: Gunung Berapi Kahoolawe
  • Malay: Kahoolawe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kahoolawe
  • Norwegian: Kahoolawe
  • Occitan (post 1500): Kahoolawe
  • Persian: کاهولاوی
  • Polish: Kaho’olawe
  • Polish: Kahoʻolawe
  • Polish: Kahoolawe
  • Portuguese: Kahoʻolawe
  • Portuguese: Kahoolawe
  • Romanian: Kahoolawe
  • Russian: Кахоолаве
  • Russian: Кахулави
  • Slovenian: Kahoʻolawe
  • Slovenian: Kahoolawe
  • South Azerbaijani: کاهوولاوه
  • Spanish: Kahoolawe
  • Swedish: Kahoolawe
  • Turkish: Kahoolawe
  • Ukrainian: Кахоолаве
  • Urdu: کاہؤالاوی
  • Vietnamese: Kahoolawe
  • Western Frisian: Kahoölawe
  • Wu Chinese: 卡胡拉威岛
  • Wu Chinese: 卡霍奥拉韦岛
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