Kapalama Basin

Kapalama Basin is a bay in , .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Iolani Palace and Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.

Museum
Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The ʻIolani Palace was the royal residence of the rulers of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi beginning with Kamehameha III under the Kamehameha Dynasty and ending with Queen Liliʻuokalani under the Kalākaua Dynasty.

Museum
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , designated the Hawaiʻi State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a of history and science in the historic district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of .

Government office
The is a statewide in the . The school district can be thought of as analogous to the school districts of other cities and communities in the United States, but in some manners can also be thought of as analogous to the state education agencies of other states.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Honolulu and Downtown Honolulu.

Photo: Alfred Adler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The capital of and its primary point of entry, is by far the state's largest city, with 980,000 people—two-thirds of the state's population—residing within the metro area as of 2018.

Photo: Sullynyflhi, Public domain.
is the commercial and governmental center of the Hawaiian Islands, with a number of cultural attractions for visitors to enjoy. Unlike many cities in the United States, Honolulu's downtown has few hotels, with the city's major concentration of hotels located in the tourist center of .

Photo: Straitgate, Public domain.
Manoa and Makiki are two prominent neighborhoods of situated in the foothills of the Ko'olau Mountains north of . Along with Nu'uanu, these neighborhoods sit within valleys which extend into the Ko'olau Range, varying in character…

Kapalama Basin

Latitude
21.3153° or 21° 18′ 55″ north
Longitude
-157.8815° or 157° 52′ 54″ west
Open location code
73H48489+49
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4817855083
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
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Satellite Map

Discover Kapalama Basin from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Kapalama Basin” goes by many names.
  • Korean: “카팔라마만”

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