Kaalawai Beach
Kaalawai Beach is a beach in Honolulu County, Hawaii. Kaalawai Beach is situated nearby to the locality Diamond Head, as well as near Leahi Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shangri La and Diamond Head.
Shangri La
Museum
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The Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design is housed in the former home of Doris Duke near Diamond Head in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is now owned and operated as a public museum of the arts and cultures of the Islamic world by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.
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.
Diamond Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kahala and Kaimuki.
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.
Kaimuki
Suburb
Photo: Travis.Thurston, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaimukī is a residential neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Kaimuki is situated 1½ miles north of Kaalawai Beach.
Waikiki
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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.
Kaalawai Beach
- Type: Beach
- Also known as: “Ka‘alawai Beach”
- Category: landform
- Location: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Kaalawai Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kaalawai Beach”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kaʻalāwai and Diamond Head.
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