Oahu
Oahu is the most populous of the Hawaiian islands, the third largest in size and the cultural, financial, and top tourist destination of the Hawaiian islands.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations: Honolulu and Waikiki.
Destinations to Discover
Places to explore: North Shore and Leeward Coast.
Leeward Coast
The Leeward Coast is a region of the Hawaiian Oahu island.
Oahu
- Type: Island with 976,000 residents
- Description: island of Hawaii, United States
- Also known as: “Avagu”, “Ile d’Oahu”, “Isla de Oahu”, “Island of Oahu”, “Isola di Oahu”, “Isola Oahu”, “Kaneohe”, “Kaneohe bay”, “L’ile Wahou”, “O-a-hu”, “O-Wahu”, “O‘ahu”, “O’ahu (Hawái)”, “O’ahu, Hawaii”, “O`ahu”, “Oahu Adası”, “Oahu County”, “Oahu, Hawaii”, “Ohau”, “Oʻahu”, “Oʻahu, Hawaii”, “Ovagu”, “Uagu”, “Vagi”, “Vagu”, “Vahou”, “Vakhu”, “Vakku”, “Voagu”, “Wahoo”, “Wahou”, “Wahu”, “Waohoo”, “Woahoe”, “Woahoo Island”, “Woahu”, “Wohaoo”, “Оахо”, “אוהאו”, “جزيرة أوهايو”, “ओआहू”, “โออะฮู”, “โออาฮู”, “오아후”, and “オアフ”
- Historically known as: “Oahoo” and “Woahoo”
- Category: volcanic island
- Location: Honolulu County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
21.4333° or 21° 26′ north
Longitude of center
-157.9667° or 157° 58′ west
Population
976,000
Elevation
164 metres (538 feet)
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Oahu” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Oahu”
- Arabic: “أواهو، هاواي”
- Arabic: “أواهو”
- Armenian: “Օահու”
- Asturian: “Oahu”
- Azerbaijani: “Oahu”
- Basque: “Oahu”
- Bavarian: “Oahu”
- Belarusian: “Ааху”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Оаху”
- Belarusian: “Оаху”
- Breton: “O‘ahu”
- Bulgarian: “Оаху”
- Catalan: “Oahu”
- Cebuano: “O‘ahu”
- Central Kurdish: “ئۆواھوو”
- Chinese: “歐胡島”
- Chinese: “瓦胡岛”
- Croatian: “Oahu”
- Czech: “Oahu”
- Danish: “Oahu”
- Dutch: “Oahu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اواهو”
- Esperanto: “Oahu”
- Estonian: “O’ahu”
- Faroese: “Oahu”
- Finnish: “Oahu”
- French: “Oahu”
- Galician: “Oahu”
- German: “Oahu”
- German: “Oʻahu”
- Greek: “Οάχου”
- Hawaiian: “Mokupuni Oʻahu” (historical)
- Hawaiian: “O‘ahu”
- Hawaiian: “Oʻahu”
- Hebrew: “אואהו”
- Hindi: “ओहाऊ”
- Hungarian: “Oahu”
- Ido: “Oahu”
- Indonesian: “Oahu”
- Interlingua: “Oahu”
- Irish: “Oʻahu”
- Italian: “Oahu”
- Japanese: “オアフ島”
- Korean: “오아후섬”
- Kurdish: “Oahu”
- Latin: “Oahu”
- Latvian: “Oahu”
- Lithuanian: “Oahu”
- Malay: “Oahu”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Oʻahu”
- Newari: “ओआहु”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oahu”
- Norwegian: “Oahu”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Oahu”
- Persian: “اوآهو”
- Polish: “O’ahu”
- Polish: “Oahu”
- Polish: “Oʻahu”
- Portuguese: “Oahu”
- Romanian: “Oahu”
- Russian: “Оаху”
- Scots: “Oahu”
- Serbian: “Оаху”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Oahu”
- Sicilian: “Oahu”
- Slovak: “Oahu”
- Slovenian: “Oahu”
- South Azerbaijani: “اوآهو”
- Spanish: “Oahu”
- Swedish: “Oahu”
- Thai: “เกาะโอวาฮู”
- Turkish: “Oahu”
- Ukrainian: “Оаху”
- Urdu: “اوآہو”
- Uzbek: “Oahu”
- Vietnamese: “Oahu”
- Waray (Philippines): “Oahu”
- Welsh: “Oahu”
- Western Frisian: “Oähû”
- Wu Chinese: “歐胡島”
- Yue Chinese: “歐胡島”
- “ma lili Owaju”
Hawaii: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Kauai and Hilo.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.