Kīpukakuniau
Kīpukakuniau is a lava area in Hawaii County, Hawaii and has an elevation of 174 feet. Kīpukakuniau is situated nearby to the area Kananaka, as well as near Kai‘ō.| 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. Papakōlea Beach is situated 1½ miles east of Kīpukakuniau.
Kīpukakuniau
- Type: Lava area with an elevation of 174 feet
- Also known as: “Kipuka Kuniau” and “Kipukakuniau”
- Category: landform
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, North America
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Latitude
18.92801° or 18° 55′ 41″ northLongitude
-155.67026° or 155° 40′ 13″ westElevation
174 feet (53 metres)Open location code
73C6W8HH+6VGeoNames ID
5849498
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Localities in the Area
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