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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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 274 metres (899 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “Kahowrowee”
  • Description: island in Maui County, Hawaii
  • Also known as
    “Kadulawe”
    “Kaho‘olawe Island”
    “Kanaloa”
    “Kohema-lama-lama”
    “Tahoorawa”
    “Tahoorowa”

Kaho‘olawe

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Latitude
20.55° or 20° 33′ north
Longitude
-156.6° or 156° 36′ west
Open location code
73G5GCX2+X2
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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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”
  • “ma lili Kajolawe”

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