Papakōlea Beach

Papakōlea Beach is a green sand beach located near , 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 in the Galapagos Islands It gets its distinctive coloring from olivine sand eroded out of the enclosing volcanic cone.
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  • Type: Beach
  • Description: beach in Kaʻū district, Hawai’i
  • Also known as: “Green Sand Beach”, “Mahana Beach”, and “Papakolea Beach”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Papakōlea Beach

Latitude
18.93571° or 18° 56′ 9″ north
Longitude
-155.64629° or 155° 38′ 47″ west
Open location code
73C6W9P3+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 536041576
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­beach
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q7132406
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Papakōlea Beach” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شاطئ الرمال الخضراء”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شط الرمال الخضرا”
  • French: “plage de Papakōlea”
  • French: “Plage de Papakōlea”
  • Russian: “Махана-Бич”
  • Russian: “пляж Папаколеа”
  • Russian: “Пляж Папаколеа”
  • Spanish: “Playa de Papakōlea”

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