Waikiki-Diamond Head Shoreline Fisheries Management Area

Places of Interest

Diamond Head

Peak

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Diamond Head is a volcanic tuff cone on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. It is known to Hawaiians as Lēʻahi, which is most likely derived from lae plus ʻahi because the shape of the ridgeline resembles the shape of a tuna's dorsal fin.

Waikīkī Aquarium

Public aquarium

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The Waikīkī Aquarium is an aquarium in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. It was founded in 1904 and has been an institution of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa since 1919.

Honolulu Zoo

Zoo

Photo: Syced, CC0.

The Honolulu Zoo is a 42-acre zoo in Queen Kapiʻolani Park in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. It is the only zoo in the United States to be established by grants made by a sovereign monarch and is built on part of the 300-acre royal Queen Kapiʻolani Park.

Places in the Area

Waikiki

Photo: Luis Argerich, CC BY 2.0.

One of the best-known beaches in the world, Waikiki is a famous district of the city of Honolulu, on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. Sandwiched between the Ala Wai Canal and the ocean in the shadow of the towering Diamond Head crater, Waikiki is noted for being the tourist center of the Hawaiian Islands.

Kaimuki

Suburb

Photo: Travis.Thurston, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kaimukī is a residential neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Kaimuki is situated 2½ km northeast of Waikiki-Diamond Head Shoreline Fisheries Management Area.

Waikiki-Diamond Head Shoreline Fisheries Management Area

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