Diamond Head Lighthouse
Diamond Head Lighthouse is a memorial in Honolulu County, Hawaii. Diamond Head Lighthouse is situated nearby to the military installation Diamond Head Light Station, as well as near Diamond Head Beach Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Diamond Head Lighthouse and Diamond Head.
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.
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.
Waikīkī Aquarium
Public aquarium
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The Waikīkī Aquarium is an aquarium in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. It was founded in 1904 and has been an institution of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa since 1919. Waikīkī Aquarium is situated 1½ km northwest of Diamond Head Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaimuki and Kahala.
Kaimuki
Suburb
Photo: Travis.Thurston, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaimukī is a residential neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Kaimuki is situated 2½ km north of Diamond Head Lighthouse.
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. Kahala is situated 3 km northeast of Diamond Head Lighthouse.
Waikiki
Photo: Luis Argerich, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Diamond Head Lighthouse
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “he Diamond Head Lighthouse is a prominent symbol of Hawaiian history to residents and visitors alike. The lighthouse rests aside a tuff-cone volcano, formed by explosive eruptions thousands of years ago....”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Honolulu County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
21.25594° or 21° 15′ 21″ northLongitude
-157.80936° or 157° 48′ 34″ westOpen location code
73H4754R+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 8243174072OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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