Lua Makalei
Lua Makalei is a cape in Hawaii County, Hawaii. Lua Makalei is situated nearby to the hamlet Kaʻilikiʻi.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.
Lua Makalei
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Lau Makalai”, “Lua Makalai”, and “Lua Mākālei”
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.9201° or 18° 55′ 12″ northLongitude
-155.67367° or 155° 40′ 25″ westElevation
39 feet (12 metres)Open location code
73C6W8CG+2GOpenStreetMap ID
node 7576598672OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
5850350
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kaʻilikiʻi and Kamā‘oa Homesteads.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include South Point Complex and Lua‘opalahemo.
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