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Passing through Pahoa on Hawaii Route 130. Pāhoa (Hawaiian: Pāhoa [2]) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the District of Puna in Hawai‘i County, Hawai‘i, United States. The population was 924 at the 2020 census. The population dropped by 1.8% from 945 in the 2010 census. [3]
Hale o Keawe was an ancient Hawaiian heiau originally built in approximately 1650 AD [6] as the burial site for the ruling monarch of the Island of Hawaii named Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku. [7] [8] It was built by his son, a Kona chief named Kanuha. The complex may have been established as early as 1475 under the aliʻi nui ʻEhu-kai-malino.
Red pencil urchin – Papahānaumokuākea. The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM) (roughly / p ɑː p ɑː ˈ h ɑː n aʊ m oʊ k u ˌ ɑː k eɪ. ə / [2]) is a World Heritage listed U.S. national monument encompassing 583,000 square miles (1,510,000 km 2) of ocean waters, including ten islands and atolls of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Nov. 4—Wildlife officials are urging vigilance from ocean users as humpback whales return to Hawaiian sanctuary waters. The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary says careful ...
The sanctuary encompasses 1,400 square miles (3,600 km 2) in the islands' waters.It was designated by United States Congress on November 4, 1992, as a National Marine Sanctuary to protect the endangered North Pacific humpback whale and its habitat [2] The sanctuary promotes management, research, education and long-term monitoring.
A sea turtle at Wai'opae Marine Life Conservation District, Hawaii View of Honolua Bay from the turnout along highway 30; Honolua Bay Beach is part of the Mokuleia Marine Life Conservation District. There are both state and federal marine protected areas of the Hawaiian archipelago.