Punaluʻu Beach
Punaluʻu Beach is a beach between Pāhala and Nāʻālehu on the Big Island of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The beach has black sand made of basalt and created by lava flowing into the ocean which explodes as it reaches the ocean and cools.
- Type: Beach
- Description: black Sand Beach, Big Island, Hawaii, US
- Also known as: “Black Sand Beach”, “Punalu’u Beach”, “Punalu’u Black Sand Beach”, “Punaluu Beach”, and “Punaluu Black Sand Beach”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pāhala.
Pāhala
Village
Photo: Ichabod, Public domain.Punaluʻu Beach
- Categories: black sand beach, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.13536° or 19° 8′ 7″ north
Longitude
-155.50443° or 155° 30′ 16″ west
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Open location code
73F64FPW+46
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Punaluʻu Beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Thai—“Punaluʻu Beach” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شاطئ بيونالو”
- Chinese: “黑沙滩”
- French: “Punaluʻu Black Sand Beach”
- French: “Punaluu Black Sand Beach”
- Hausa: “Kogin Punalu’u”
- Hawaiian: “Punalu‘u Beach”
- Japanese: “プナルウ”
- Japanese: “プナルウ黒砂海岸”
- Spanish: “Punaluu Black Sand Beach”
- Thai: “Punalu’u Beach”
Localities in the Area
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