Lua‘opalahemo

Lua‘opalahemo is a pond in Hawaii County, Hawaii. Lua‘opalahemo is situated nearby to the hamlet Kaʻilikiʻi.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Papakōlea Beach.

Papakōlea Beach

Beach

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 4 km northeast of Lua‘opalahemo.

Lua‘opalahemo

Type: Pond
Also known as: “Ka Wai a ka Palahemo”, “Lua o Palahemo”, “Lua’opalahemo”, “Luaʻopalahemo”, “Luaopalahemo”, and “Palahema”
Category: body of water
Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude

18.91408° or 18° 54′ 51″ north

Longitude

-155.67566° or 155° 40′ 32″ west

Elevation

8 metres (26 feet)

Open location code

73C6W87F+JP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1204075172

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

GeoNames ID

5850377

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In Other Languages

“Lua‘opalahemo” goes by many names.

Hawaiian: “Lua‘opalahemo”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kaʻilikiʻi and Kamaoa Homesteads.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pu‘uali‘i and Ka Lae Lighthouse.

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