Green Sand Spot
Green Sand Spot is a cape in Hawaii County, Hawaii.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Papakōlea 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.
Green Sand Spot
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, North America
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Latitude
18.9251° or 18° 55′ 31″ northLongitude
-155.6542° or 155° 39′ 15″ westOpen location code
73C6W8GW+38OpenStreetMap ID
node 6071647089OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Green Sand Spot” goes by many names.
- French: “Sable vert”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kaʻilikiʻi and Kamā‘oa Homesteads.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include sea arch and Pu‘u‘ula‘ula.
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