Ka‘elepulu Pond
Kaʻelepulu Pond, also known as Enchanted Lake, is an estuary in Kailua, Hawaii. The Hawaiian name Kaʻelepulu literally means "moist blackness". Historically a 200-to-400-acre Hawaiian fish pond, and later a fishery made up of 190 acres of water and 90 acres of marsh, Kaʻelepulu was partially filled in and built on beginning in 1959.- Type: Pond
- Description: Pond and wetland in Kailua, Hawaii
- Also known as: “Enchanted Lake”, “Ka’elepulu Pond”, “Kaelepulu Pond”, “Kaelepului Pond”, and “Kaʻelepulu Pond”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lanikai Beach and Kailua High School.
Lanikai Beach
Beach
Lanikai Beach or Kaʻōhao Beach is located in Kaʻōhao, a community in the town of Kailua and on the windward coast of Oʻahu, Hawaii. Although there is a widespread belief that the name Lanikai means "heavenly sea", that is a misconception and a grammatical error, since in the Hawaiian language, the qualifier comes after the noun. Lanikai Beach is situated 2½ km northeast of Ka‘elepulu Pond.
Kailua High School
School
Kailua High School is a four-year public high school located in the Kailua CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States on the island of O‘ahu.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kailua and Waimanalo.
Kailua
Kailua is a census-designated place in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. It lies in the Koʻolaupoko District of the island of Oʻahu on the windward coast at Kailua Bay.Waimanalo
Town
Waimānalo is a census-designated place in the District of Koʻolaupoko, in the City & County of Honolulu, on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaii, United States. Waimanalo is situated 4 km south of Ka‘elepulu Pond.
Waimānalo Beach
Village
Waimānalo Beach is a census-designated place located in the City & County of Honolulu, in the District of Koʻolaupoko, on the island of Oʻahu in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi. Waimānalo Beach is situated 6 km southeast of Ka‘elepulu Pond.
Ka‘elepulu Pond
- Categories: estuary and body of water
- Location: Honolulu County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude
21.38044° or 21° 22′ 50″ north
Longitude
-157.73618° or 157° 44′ 10″ west
Open location code
73H497J7+5G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=pond
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In Other Languages
“Ka‘elepulu Pond” goes by many names.
- Hawaiian: “Ka‘elepulu Pond”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Enchanted Lake and Pōhākupu.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Enchanted Lake Community Park and St. John Vianney Church.
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