Lehua

Lehua Island is a small, crescent-shaped island in the , 0.7 miles north of , 18 miles due west of . This uninhabited, 285-acre barren islet was one of the first five islands sighted by Captain James Cook in 1778 which he spelled as "Oreehoua".
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  • Islet
  • …lies at an elevation of 152 metres (499 feet)
  • Description: island in Kauai County, Hawaii
  • Also known as
    “Lehua Island”
    “Orihaua”
    “Orihoua Island”
  • Historically known as
    “Egg Island”
    “Keehoua”
    “Lenua”
    “Orechoua”
    “Oreehoua”

Lehua

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Latitude
22.02191° or 22° 1′ 19″ north
Longitude
-160.09524° or 160° 5′ 43″ west
Open location code
72JX2WC3+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 331165977
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
5850199
Wiki­data ID
Q1789871

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Lehua” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليهوا”
  • Basque: “Lehua”
  • Catalan: “Lehua”
  • Chinese: “莱胡阿岛”
  • Dutch: “Lehua”
  • French: “Lehua”
  • German: “Lehua”
  • Hawaiian: “Lehua”
  • Indonesian: “Lehua”
  • Italian: “Lehua”
  • Japanese: “レフア島”
  • Lithuanian: “Lehua”
  • Polish: “Lehua”
  • Portuguese: “Lehua”
  • Russian: “Лехуа”
  • Russian: “остров Лехуа”
  • Spanish: “Lehua”
  • Ukrainian: “Легай”
  • Ukrainian: “Лехуа”
  • “ma lili Lejuwa”

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