Ka Lae o Hoaiku
Ka Lae o Hoaiku is a cape in Hawaii County, Hawaii.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Papakōlea Beach and Kamilo Beach.
Papakōlea Beach
Beach
Photo: Aren Elliott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Papakōlea Beach is a green sand beach located near South Point, in the Kaʻū district of the island of Hawaiʻi. It is one of only two green sand beaches in the world, the other being Punta Cormorant on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Islands It gets its distinctive coloring from olivine sand eroded out of the enclosing volcanic cone.
Kamilo Beach
Beach
Kamilo Beach, is a beach located on the southeast coast of the island of Hawaii. It is known for its accumulation of plastic marine debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Ka Lae o Hoaiku
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Kalaeoho‘aiku”
- Category: landform
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, North America
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Latitude
18.95191° or 18° 57′ 7″ northLongitude
-155.62608° or 155° 37′ 34″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
73C6X92F+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 7727247934OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
5856733
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kaʻilikiʻi and Kamā‘oa Homesteads.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pu‘umau‘u and Puāuāomahana.
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