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This is a list of lighthouses in Hawaii. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Fifteen lighthouses in Hawaii are associated with the U.S. Coast Guard. [ 3 ] Including minor lights, there are 43 lights in total.
Makapuʻu Point is the southeasternmost point of Oahu [13] (in the Makapuʻu region) and the landfall for all traffic from the American west coast to Honolulu. With the 1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii , which began definite steps towards annexation, shipping interests began to clamor for a lighthouse at the point, beginning with an ...
Makapuʻu Point lighthouse. Makapuʻu Point Lighthouse is a 46-foot-tall (14 m), active United States Coast Guard lighthouse established in 1909. Construction for the lighthouse was prompted by the grounding of the steamer Manchuria in the predawn hours on August 20, 1906 on the reefs off Waimānalo. The lighthouse was automated in 1974 and its ...
Makapuʻu Point Lighthouse. Makapuʻu Point (also Makapuu Point) is the easternmost point on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu, located in the Makapuʻu region. Twelve miles east of Honolulu, it is a popular hiking spot, offering great views of Makapuʻu and Waimanalo Bay on one side and the Ka ʻIwi Channel on the other side.
Articles about lighthouses in the U.S. state of Hawaii. For a manually maintained list, complete with yet-to-be-written articles, see Lighthouses in the United States.
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Barbers Point Light is a lighthouse on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. [1] The lighthouse stands on Barbers Point outside of Kalaeloa on the southwest tip of the island. It is named after Captain Henry Barber. The lighthouse was established in 1888. A second tower was built in 1933. The light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places ...
Kilauea Point Lighthouse Huliheʻe Palace. The following are approximate tallies of current listings by island and county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site, all of which list properties simply by county; [3] they are here divided ...