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Punaluʻu Beach. Coordinates: 19.136°N 155.504°W. View of the beach. Punaluʻu Beach (also called Black Sand Beach) is a beach between Pāhala and Nāʻālehu on the Big Island of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The beach has black sand made of basalt and created by lava flowing into the ocean which explodes as it reaches the ocean and cools.
Area code. 808. FIPS code. 15-66500. GNIS feature ID. 1853110. Punaluʻu (pronounced [punəluʔu]) is a census-designated place and rural community in the Koʻolauloa District on the island of Oʻahu, City & County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. In Hawaiian, punaluʻu means "coral dived for", or in the case of the fishpond once located ...
Named Punaluu Village, the planned mixed-use development spearheaded by Black Sand Beach LLC, was formed from the acquisition of the 434 acres by Eva Liu, hailing from California, in 2020.
Black sand is sand that is black in color. One type of black sand is a heavy, glossy, partly magnetic mixture of usually fine sands containing minerals such as magnetite, found as part of a placer deposit. Another type of black sand, found on beaches near a volcano, consists of tiny fragments of basalt. While some beaches are predominantly made ...
Kaimu, Hawaii. This black sand beach is still relatively new. In 1990 a volcano on the Big Island erupted, covering the former Kaimu beach with 80 feet of lava.Now, 20 years later, the ocean has ...
Waipio Valley. Coordinates: 20°7′11″N 155°35′36″W. The View from the Waipiʻo Valley Lookout. Waterfalls at the back of Waipiʻo Valley. Waipio Valley cliff falling in during the 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake. Waipiʻo Valley is a valley located in the Hamakua District of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. "Waipiʻo" means "curved water" in the ...
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One 1973 site-specific mural, painted on a custom-designed wall as part of a history center under construction (and never completed) at Punaluʻu Beach, twice gained notoriety. The historical mural, titled Ancient Punaluu, Hawaiʻi Island measured 24-foot (7.3 m) wide by 10-foot (3.0 m) high. According to a news report, "The mural shows aliʻi ...