Green Sand Beach
Green Sand Beach is in Hawaii County, Hawaii. Green Sand Beach is situated nearby to the climbing site Pele’s Melee, as well as near Olivine’s Crack.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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 Beach
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, North America
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Latitude
18.9363° or 18° 56′ 11″ northLongitude
-155.6461° or 155° 38′ 46″ westOpen location code
73C6W9P3+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 7176672485OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
“Green Sand Beach” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “グリーン・サンド・ビーチ”
Places with the Same Name
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Green Sand Beach Bouldering and Pele’s Melee.
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