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Kaimū

Kaimū was a small town in the on Island of Hawaiʻi that was completely destroyed by an eruptive flow of lava from the Kūpaʻianahā vent of the Kīlauea volcano in 1990.
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Photo: JGKlein, Public domain.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: human settlement in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Kaimū, Hawaii”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Star of the Sea Painted Church.

Church
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a Catholic Church in Kalapana, Hawai'i, United States of America. It was built in 1927-1928 under the direction of a Belgian Catholic missionary, Father Evarist Gielen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kalapana.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and a region in the on the Island of Hawaiʻi in the . The town was the original location of the .

Kaimū

Latitude
19.36128° or 19° 21′ 41″ north
Longitude
-154.97049° or 154° 58′ 14″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
73F7926H+GR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150919809
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
5847524
Wiki­data ID
Q3191970
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Satellite Map

Discover Kaimū from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From French to Japanese—“Kaimū” goes by many names.
  • French: “Kaimu”
  • French: “Kaimū”
  • German: “Kaimū”
  • Hausa: “Kaimū, Hawaii”
  • Irish: “Kaimū”
  • Japanese: “カイムー”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Kaimū”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kehena and Upper Kaimu Homesteads.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kaimū Black Sand Beach and Kehena Beach.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kaimū”. Photo: JGKlein, Public domain.