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Diamond Head

Diamond Head is a volcanic tuff cone on the 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.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 292 feet
  • Description: mountain on Oahu in Hawaii, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Diamond Head, Hawaii”, “Diamond Hill”, “Kaimana Hila”, “Lae‘ahi”, “Le‘ahi”, and “Lē’ahi”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Diamond Head Lighthouse and Waikīkī Aquarium.

Lighthouse
Photo: hitachiota, CC BY 2.0.
is a United States Coast Guard facility located on Diamond Head in Honolulu, on the island of Oʻahu in the State of . The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Public aquarium
Photo: Meowmeow10, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an aquarium in , , United States. It was founded in 1904 and has been an institution of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa since 1919.

Zoo
Photo: Syced, CC0.
The is a 42-acre zoo in Queen Kapiʻolani Park in , . 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

Nearby places include Kaimuki and Waikiki.

Suburb
Photo: Travis.Thurston, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaimukī is a residential neighborhood of , Hawaii, United States.

Photo: Luis Argerich, CC BY 2.0.
One of the best-known beaches in the world, is a famous district of the city of , on the of . Sandwiched between the Ala Wai Canal and the ocean in the shadow of the towering Diamond Head crater, is noted for being the tourist center of the Hawaiian Islands.

Suburb
Eastern Honolulu is an area of , made up of several neighborhoods between the Diamond Head crater near and Makapu'u Point, the very southeastern corner of Oahu.

Diamond Head

Latitude
21.25975° or 21° 15′ 35″ north
Longitude
-157.81168° or 157° 48′ 42″ west
Elevation
292 feet (89 metres)
Open location code
73H4755Q+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4984188460
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
5855648
Wiki­data ID
Q944686
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Diamond Head” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Diamond Head”
  • Armenian: “Ադամանդե գլուխ”
  • Armenian: “Դայմոնդ Հեդ”
  • Asturian: “Diamond Head”
  • Asturian: “Lē’ahi”
  • Basque: “Diamond Head”
  • Bulgarian: “ле’ахи”
  • Catalan: “Diamond Head”
  • Catalan: “Lē’ahi”
  • Cebuano: “Diamond Head Extinct Volcano”
  • Chinese: “钻石头山”
  • Croatian: “Dijamantna glava”
  • Croatian: “Lē’ahi”
  • Czech: “Diamond Head”
  • Czech: “Lē’ahi”
  • Dutch: “Diamond Head”
  • Dutch: “Lē’ahi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل دياموند هياد”
  • Esperanto: “Diamantokapo”
  • Esperanto: “Diamond Head”
  • Esperanto: “Lē’ahi”
  • Estonian: “Lē’ahi”
  • Estonian: “Teemantpea”
  • French: “Diamond Head”
  • French: “Lē’ahi”
  • German: “Diamond Head”
  • German: “Lē’ahi”
  • Hebrew: “דאימונד הד”
  • Indonesian: “Diamond Head, Hawaii”
  • Italian: “Diamond Head, Hawaii”
  • Italian: “Diamond Head”
  • Italian: “Lē’ahi”
  • Japanese: “ダイヤモンドヘッド”
  • Korean: “다이아몬드헤드 산”
  • Korean: “다이아몬드헤드산”
  • Ladin: “Diamond Head”
  • Latvian: “Dimanta galva”
  • Latvian: “Lē’ahi”
  • Lithuanian: “Deimantinė galva”
  • Lithuanian: “Lė’ahi”
  • Lithuanian: “Lē’ahi”
  • Low German: “Lē’ahi”
  • Persian: “دایموند هد، هاوایی”
  • Persian: “دایموند هد”
  • Polish: “Diamond Head”
  • Polish: “Lē’ahi”
  • Portuguese: “Diamond Head (Havaí)”
  • Portuguese: “Diamond Head”
  • Portuguese: “Lē’ahi”
  • Russian: “Дайамонд-Хед”
  • Russian: “Даймонд-Хед”
  • Russian: “ле’ахи”
  • Slovak: “Diamantová hlava”
  • Slovak: “Lē’ahi”
  • Spanish: “Diamond Head (Hawái)”
  • Spanish: “Diamond Head”
  • Spanish: “Lē’ahi”
  • Swedish: “Diamanthuvud”
  • Swedish: “Lē’ahi”
  • Swiss German: “Lē’ahi”
  • Ukrainian: “Даймонд Гед”
  • Ukrainian: “Даймонд-Гед”
  • Ukrainian: “ле’аги”
  • Ukrainian: “ле’ахи”
  • Venetian: “Diamond Head, Hawaii”

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