Kealakekua Bay

Kealakekua Bay is located on the Kona coast of the island of Hawaiʻi about 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona. Settled over a thousand years ago, the surrounding area contains many archeological and historical sites such as religious temples and also includes the spot where the first documented European to reach the Hawaiian islands, Captain James Cook, was killed.
Wikipedia
Photo: Nnachappa64, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay in Hawaii
  • Also known as: “Baie Karakakooa”, “Baie Kearakekoua”, “Baja Karakakooa”, “Ka’ra’ca’coo’a Bay”, “Kakooa”, “Karakakooa Bay”, “Karakakova Bay”, “Karakakua Bay”, “Karekekua Bay”, “Ke-ala-ke-kua Bay”, “Kealakeakua Bay”, and “Kealakekua-Bucht”
  • Address: HI

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kona Coffee Living History Farm and Konawaena High School.

Museum
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is located on the Daisaku Uchida Coffee Farm, in the Kona District, on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. The 5.5-acre historic Kona coffee farm was established in 1900.

School
Photo: Travis.Thurston, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a public school located in Kona District, Hawaii County, , United States. Konawaena means "the center of the leeward side" in the Hawaiian Language.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Captain Cook and Kealakekua.

Photo: Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0.
is a census-designated place in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, in the United States, located in the District of South Kona. The community, within the land division of Kealakekua, is so named because the post office for the area was located in the Coffee Co. during the early 1900s.

Village
is a census-designated place in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. As of the 2020 census, had a population of 2,307. It was the subject of the 1933 popular song "My Little Grass Shack in , Hawaii" by Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison and Johnny Noble, which became a Hawaiian music standard.

Village
Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopoʻo is a census-designated place in Hawaiʻi County, , United States. The population was 2,416 at the 2020 census.

Kealakekua Bay

Latitude
19.47709° or 19° 28′ 38″ north
Longitude
-155.92708° or 155° 55′ 38″ west
Open location code
73F6F3GF+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 368391317
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
5848957
Wiki­data ID
Q2879655
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Kealakekua Bay” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կեալեկեկուա-Բեյ”
  • Catalan: “Kealakekua Bay”
  • Cebuano: “Kealakekua Bay”
  • Chinese: “凯阿拉凯夸湾”
  • Czech: “Kealakekua”
  • Esperanto: “Kealakekua Golfo”
  • Estonian: “Kealakekua laht”
  • French: “baie de Kealakekua”
  • French: “Baie de Kealakekua”
  • French: “Kealakekua Bay”
  • Greek: “κόλπος Κιλακέκουα”
  • Hindi: “केलाकेकुआ खाड़ी”
  • Irish: “Bá Kealakekua”
  • Japanese: “ケアラケクア湾”
  • Malayalam: “കേലാകെക്കുവ ഉൾക്കടൽ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kealakekua Bay”
  • Ossetian: “Кеалакекуа”
  • Russian: “Залив Кеалакекуа”
  • Russian: “Кеалакекуа (бухта)”
  • Russian: “Кеалакекуа”
  • Slovenian: “Kealakekua Bay”
  • Spanish: “bahía de Kealakekua”
  • Spanish: “Bahía de Kealakekua”
  • Spanish: “Kealakekua Bay”
  • Tajik: “Кеалакекуа-Бей”
  • Turkish: “Kealakekua Bay”
  • Turkish: “Kealakekua Körfezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Кеалакекуа-Бей”

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Notable Places Nearby

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