Mount Tantalus

Mount Tantalus is an extinct cinder cone in the southern Koʻolau Range on the of Oʻahu. It also has a summit crater, Tantalus Crater. The cinder cone formed after the demise of Koʻolau Volcano, during a time of rejuvenated-stage volcanism in southeastern Oʻahu that also formed , and as part of the Honolulu Volcanics.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 613 metres
  • Description: mountain in Hawaii, US
  • Also known as: “Mt Tantalus”, “Pu‘u ‘Ohi‘a”, “Puu Ohia”, “Puu Ohio”, “Tantalus”, “Tantalus Mountain”, “Tantalus Peak”, and “Tatalus Hill”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lyon Arboretum and Mānoa Falls.

Garden
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The Harold L. is a 200-acre arboretum and botanical garden managed by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa located at the upper end of Mānoa Valley in .

Scenic viewpoint
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is a 150-foot waterfall along the Manoa Falls Trail in , Hawaii. Swimming in the pool below the waterfall is highly discouraged because there is a threat of becoming infected with Leptospirosis, a disease causing mild to moderate flulike symptoms that can last for 1 to 2 weeks.

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 and Makiki Heights.

Suburb
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Mānoa or Mānoa Valley is a valley and residential neighborhood of , Hawaii. The neighborhood is about 3 miles east and inland from and less than 1 mile from Ala Moana and .

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 Tantalus overlook the Makiki.

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…

Mount Tantalus

Latitude
21.33272° or 21° 19′ 58″ north
Longitude
-157.81482° or 157° 48′ 53″ west
Elevation
613 metres (2,011 feet)
Open location code
73H485MP+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1554849270
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
5853854
Wiki­data ID
Q7683805
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Satellite Map

Discover Mount Tantalus from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ladin—“Mount Tantalus” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Mount Tantalus”
  • Chinese: “坦塔洛斯山”
  • Dutch: “Tantalus”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تانتالوس”
  • Japanese: “タンタラスの丘”
  • Japanese: “タンタラス山”
  • Ladin: “Tantalus”

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Localities in the Area

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