Kalaepa‘akai
Kalaepa‘akai is a cape in Hawaii County, Hawaii.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Papakōlea Beach.
Papakōlea Beach
Beach
Photo: Aren Elliott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Papakōlea Beach is a green sand beach located near South Point, in the Kaʻū district of the island of Hawaiʻi. It is one of only two green sand beaches in the world, the other being Punta Cormorant on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Islands It gets its distinctive coloring from olivine sand eroded out of the enclosing volcanic cone.
Kalaepa‘akai
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Kalaepa’akai”, “Kalaepaakai”, and “Kalaepaʻakai”
- Category: landform
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, North America
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Latitude
18.94312° or 18° 56′ 35″ northLongitude
-155.63231° or 155° 37′ 56″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
73C6W9V9+63OpenStreetMap ID
node 7727247601OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
5847653
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In Other Languages
“Kalaepa‘akai” goes by many names.
- Hawaiian: “Kalaepa‘akai”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kaʻilikiʻi and Kamā‘oa Homesteads.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pu‘umau‘u and Puāuāomahana.
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