Kaunakakai
Kaunakakai is a locality in Maui County, Hawaii. Kaunakakai is situated nearby to the hamlet Kala‘e, as well as near the village Kualapuʻu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Molokai.
Molokai
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Molokaʻi or Molokai is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kualapuʻu and Kaunakakai.
Kualapuʻu
Village
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Kualapuʻu is a census-designated place on the island of Molokai in Maui County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 2,110 at the 2020 census. Kualapuʻu can be literally translated as "hill overturned", but is thought to be a corruption of Puʻuʻuala: "sweet potato hill". Kualapuʻu is situated 3½ miles northwest of Kaunakakai.
Kaunakakai
Town
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Kaunakakai is a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaiʻi, United States. It is the largest town on the island of Molokaʻi. The population was 3,419 at the 2020 census. Kaunakakai is situated 3½ miles southwest of Kaunakakai.
Kalaupapa
Village
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Kalaupapa is a small unincorporated community and Hawaiian home land on the island of Molokaʻi, within Kalawao County in the U.S. state of Hawaii. In 1866, during the reign of Kamehameha V, the Hawaii legislature passed a law that resulted in the designation… Kalaupapa is situated 4 miles north of Kaunakakai.
Kaunakakai
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Kaunakaka”
- Location: Maui County, Hawaii, United States, North America
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Latitude
21.1364° or 21° 8′ 11″ northLongitude
-156.9911° or 156° 59′ 28″ westElevation
1,467 feet (447 metres)Open location code
73H542P5+HHGeoNames ID
5848651
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