Diamond Head Lighthouse
Diamond Head Lighthouse is a United States Coast Guard facility located on Diamond Head in Honolulu, on the island of Oʻahu in the State of Hawaiʻi. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.Photo: hitachiota, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Hawaii, United States
- Also known as: “Diamond Head Light”
- Address: 3399 Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, HI
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Diamond Head and Waikīkī Aquarium.
Diamond Head
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Meowmeow10, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Waikīkī Aquarium is situated 1½ km northwest of Diamond Head Lighthouse.
Honolulu Zoo
Zoo
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. Honolulu Zoo is situated 2 km northwest of Diamond Head Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaimuki and Kahala.
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 north of Diamond Head Lighthouse.
Kahala
Suburb
Eastern Honolulu is an area of Honolulu, made up of several neighborhoods between the Diamond Head crater near Waikiki and Makapu'u Point, the very southeastern corner of Oahu. Kahala is situated 3 km northeast of Diamond Head Lighthouse.
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.
Diamond Head Lighthouse
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Honolulu County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
21.25571° or 21° 15′ 21″ northLongitude
-157.8095° or 157° 48′ 34″ westElevation
148 metres (486 feet)Inception
1917Height
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
73H4754R+76OpenStreetMap ID
way 1254582682OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Diamond Head Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Diamond Head”
- French: “Phare de Diamond Head”
- Japanese: “ダイヤモンドヘッド灯台”
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