Kaʻū Desert
The Kaʻū Desert is a leeward desert in the district of Kaʻū, the southernmost district on the Big Island of Hawaii, and is made up mostly of dried lava remnants, volcanic ash, sand and gravel.- Plain
- …lies at an elevation of 930 metres (3,051 feet)
- Description: desert in Hawaii
Kaʻū Desert
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Latitude
19.35° or 19° 21′ north
Longitude
-155.31667° or 155° 19′ west
Open location code
73F68MXM+X8
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Kaʻū Desert” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Kau səhrası”
- Cebuano: “Ka‘ū Desert”
- Chinese: “卡蘇沙漠”
- Egyptian Arabic: “صحرا كاى”
- French: “Désert de Ka’u”
- French: “désert de Kaʻū”
- French: “Désert de Kaʻū”
- French: “Désert de Kau”
- French: “Kaʻū Desert”
- French: “Kau Desert”
- Georgian: “კა’უს უდაბნო”
- Georgian: “კაუს უდაბნო”
- German: “Kaʻū-Wüste”
- German: “Kau-Wüste”
- Hawaiian: “Ka‘ū Desert”
- Hebrew: “מדבר קאו”
- Italian: “deserto di Kaʻū”
- Italian: “Deserto di Kaʻū”
- Japanese: “カウ砂漠”
- Portuguese: “Deserto de Kaʻū”
- Russian: “Кау”
- Serbian: “Пустиња Ка’у”
- Spanish: “Desierto Ka’u”
- Ukrainian: “Ка-у”
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