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Molokaʻi Light

Molokai Light, also known as U.S. Coast Guard Molokai Light, is a lighthouse in , on the island of Molokai. It was built in 1909 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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Wikipedia
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Hawaii, United States
  • Also known as: “Kalaupapa Lighthouse”, “Moloka’i Light”, “Moloka’i Lighthouse”, “Molokai Light”, and “Molokai Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kalaupapa Airport and St. Francis Catholic Church.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is a regional public use airport of the , located on the northern peninsula of the island of Molokaʻi, two nautical miles north of , in .

Church
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
is situated 1½ miles southwest of Molokaʻi Light.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kauhakō Crater and Kalaupapa.

Locality
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us.
is a volcanic crater located in Kalawao County, , . The crater was formed between 230,000 and 300,000 years ago, as the result of the eruption of volcano Pu'u' 'Uao.

Village
Photo: Sanba38, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a small unincorporated community and Hawaiian home land on the of Molokaʻi, within in the U.S. state of . In 1866, during the reign of Kamehameha V, the Hawaii legislature passed a law that resulted in the designation… is situated 1½ miles southwest of Molokaʻi Light.

Village
Photo: Sanba38, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a census-designated place on the island of Molokai in , , United States. The population was 2,110 at the 2020 census. can be literally translated as "hill overturned", but is thought to be a corruption of Puʻuʻuala: "sweet potato hill". is situated 6 miles southwest of Molokaʻi Light.

Molokaʻi Light

Latitude
21.20955° or 21° 12′ 34″ north
Longitude
-156.96971° or 156° 58′ 11″ west
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
Inception
1909
Open location code
73H5625J+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4152381700
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­yes
Geo­Names ID
5851214
Wiki­data ID
Q6896769
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Vietnamese—“Molokaʻi Light” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “vuurtoren van Molokai”
  • French: “phare de Kalaupapa”
  • French: “Phare de Kalaupapa”
  • Hawaiian: “Moloka‘i Lighthouse”
  • Italian: “Faro di Kalaupapa”
  • Vietnamese: “Molokaʻi Light”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Molokaʻi Light”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.