Popoiʻa Island

Popoiʻa Island is an islet in Honolulu County, Hawaii. Popoiʻa Island is situated nearby to the suburb Lanikai Beach, as well as near Enchanted Lake.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lanikai Beach and Mokulua Islands.

Lanikai Beach

Beach

Photo: Hakilon, CC BY 3.0.

Lanikai Beach or Kaʻōhao Beach is located in Kaʻōhao, a community in the town of Kailua and on the windward coast of Oʻahu, Hawaii. Although there is a widespread belief that the name Lanikai means "heavenly sea", that is a misconception and a grammatical error, since in the Hawaiian language, the qualifier comes after the noun.

Mokulua Islands

Islet

Photo: Marshman, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nā Mokulua, or just Mokulua, nicknamed the Mokes, are two islets off the windward coast of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. The islets are often photographed and are located about 0.75 miles off Kaʻōhao, a neighborhood of Kailua, Hawai‘i. Mokulua Islands is situated 2½ km southeast of Popoiʻa Island.

Mōkōlea Rock

Islet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Mōkōlea Rock is an islet in Kailua Bay along the windward coast of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi and located east of Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Like most of the small islets off the coastline of a major island in the Hawaiian Islands, Mōkōlea is a State Bird Sanctuary containing many types of birds. Mōkōlea Rock is situated 3½ km north of Popoiʻa Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kailua and Waimanalo.

Kailua

Photo: EthanOfChapman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kailua is a census-designated place in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. It lies in the Koʻolaupoko District of the island of Oʻahu on the windward coast at Kailua Bay.

Waimanalo

Town

Photo: Tijuana Brass, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Waimānalo is a census-designated place in the District of Koʻolaupoko, in the City & County of Honolulu, on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaii, United States. Waimanalo is situated 6 km south of Popoiʻa Island.

Waimānalo Beach

Village

Photo: Pixel23, CC BY-SA 1.0.

Waimānalo Beach is a census-designated place located in the City & County of Honolulu, in the District of Koʻolaupoko, on the island of Oʻahu in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi. Waimānalo Beach is situated 7 km south of Popoiʻa Island.

Popoiʻa Island

Type: Islet
Also known as: “Flat Island”, “Papoia Island”, “Popoi’a Island”, “Popoia”, and “Popoia Island”
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Honolulu County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude

21.39982° or 21° 23′ 59″ north

Longitude

-157.72033° or 157° 43′ 13″ west

Elevation

10 metres (33 feet)

Open location code

73H497XH+WV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 147232433

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

5852578

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