Puu Kakea
Puu Kakea is a peak in Honolulu County, Hawaii and has an elevation of 1,476 feet. Puu Kakea is situated nearby to the locality Landslide, as well as near Bamboo Wall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,476 feet
- Description: mountain in Hawaii, United States of America
- Also known as: “Pu‘u Kakea” and “Puʻukākea”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Tantalus and Institute for Astronomy.
Mount Tantalus
Peak
Photo: Straitgate, Public domain.
Mount Tantalus is an extinct cinder cone in the southern Koʻolau Range on the Hawaiian Island of Oʻahu. It also has a summit crater, Tantalus Crater. The cinder cone formed after the demise of Koʻolau Volcano, during a time of rejuvenated-stage volcanism in southeastern Oʻahu that also formed Punchbowl Crater, Diamond Head and Koko Head as part of the Honolulu Volcanics.
Institute for Astronomy
University
The Institute for Astronomy is a research unit within the University of Hawaiʻi System, led by Doug Simons as Director. IfA main headquarters are located at 2680 Woodlawn Drive in Honolulu, Hawaii, adjacent to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus.
Liljestrand House
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Liljestrand House at 3300 Tantalus Drive in Honolulu, Hawaii, was designed by Vladimir Ossipoff for Dr. Howard and Betty Liljestrand, who had bought the hillside site overlooking downtown Oahu in 1948.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manoa and Makiki Heights.
Manoa
Suburb
Photo: Sdkb, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mānoa or Mānoa Valley is a valley and residential neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii. The neighborhood is approximately three miles east and inland from downtown Honolulu and less than a mile from Ala Moana and Waikīkī.
Makiki Heights
Suburb
Photo: public domain, Public domain.
Makiki is an area of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, located northeast of downtown Honolulu, stretching east to west from Punahou Street to Pensacola Street and north to south from Round Top Drive/Makiki Heights Drive to Lunalilo Freeway. Punchbowl, an extinct tuff cone, and Tantalus overlook the Makiki.
Moiliili
Neighborhood
Mōʻiliʻili, Hawaii is a neighborhood of Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. Its name means “pebble lizard” in Hawaiian.
Puu Kakea
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
21.32095° or 21° 19′ 15″ northLongitude
-157.8175° or 157° 49′ 3″ westElevation
1,476 feet (450 metres)Open location code
73H485CM+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 7727325149OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Puu Kakea” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Puu Kakea”
- Dutch: “Puu Kakea”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Landslide and Bamboo Wall.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Herring Springs and PuuUalakala State Park.
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