Nu‘uanu Valley

Nu‘uanu Valley is a valley in , and has an elevation of 119 metres. Nu‘uanu Valley is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Queen Emma Museum and Daijingu Temple of Hawaii.

Museum
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Hānaiakamalama or Queen Emma Summer Palace, served as a retreat for Queen Emma of Hawaii from 1857 to 1885, as well as for her husband King Kamehameha IV, and their son, Prince Albert Edward.

Shinto shrine
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The is a Shinto Shinmei shrine located in , Oahu, . It is also known as the Honolulu Grand Shrine and is the oldest Shinto shrine on Oahu.

Museum
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The at 3300 Tantalus Drive in Honolulu, Hawaii, was designed by Vladimir Ossipoff for Dr. Howard and Betty Liljestrand, who had bought the hillside site overlooking downtown Oahu in 1948.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manoa-Makiki and Kapālama.

Photo: Straitgate, Public domain.
Manoa and Makiki are two prominent neighborhoods of situated in the foothills of the Ko'olau Mountains north of . Along with Nu'uanu, these neighborhoods sit within valleys which extend into the Ko'olau Range, varying in character…

Suburb
, now often called Pālama, is a neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii. It is often combined with the adjacent and referred to as a single entity, Kalihi–Pālama. is situated 3 km west of Nu‘uanu Valley.

Suburb
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Makiki is an area of , , northeast of , stretching east to west from Punahou Street to Pensacola Street and north to south from Round Top Drive/Makiki Heights Drive to Lunalilo Freeway. , an extinct tuff cone, and overlook the Makiki. is situated 3½ km south of Nu‘uanu Valley.

Nu‘uanu Valley

Latitude
21.34038° or 21° 20′ 25″ north
Longitude
-157.83613° or 157° 50′ 10″ west
Elevation
119 metres (390 feet)
Open location code
73H485R7+5G
Geo­Names ID
5851606
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Nu‘uanu Valley” goes by many names.
  • Hawaiian: “Nu‘uanu Valley”

Localities in the Area

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