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Colored locator map for the island of Kauai: ... Description=Colored locator map for the island of Lanai |Source=Based on the SVG file that was released to the public ...
Islands and counties of Hawaii. This is a list of properties and historic districts in Hawaii listed on the National Register of Historic Places. More than 370 listings appear on all but one of Hawaii's main islands (Niihau being the exception) and the Northwestern Islands, and in all of its five counties. Included are houses, schools ...
Maui (/ ˈ m aʊ i / ⓘ; Hawaiian: ) [3] is the second largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago, at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km 2). It is the 17th-largest in the United States. [4] Maui is one of Maui County's five islands, along with Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, and Molokini.
Wailea Resort is a 1,500-acre (6.1 km 2), master-planned resort located on Maui's sunny, southern leeward coast.Its development is guided by two important documents: a master plan that ostensibly ensures low density and good community planning, and the Wailea Community Association's design guidelines which claim to preserve Maui's island environment in all new building projects. [11]
Lāwaʻi is located on the southern side of the island of Kauai at (21.925343, -159.507385 It is bordered to the west by Kalaheo and to the east by Omao. Hawaii Route 50 passes through Lawai, leading northeast 11 miles (18 km) to Lihue and west 6 miles (10 km) to Hanapepe.
This beach is said to have a strong basis in Hawaiian mythology. Unofficially, Polihale has been incorrectly translated in many instances as the "House of the Po", where Po is the Hawaiian afterworld. By this account, spirits are said to travel to the coastal plain adjacent to the beach, and stay in the temple, known as the heiau. From there ...
The island's private ownership passed on to her descendants, the Robinsons. During World War II, the island was the site of the Niʻihau incident, in which, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese navy fighter pilot crashed on the island and received help from the island's residents of Japanese descent.
Kokomo is a community on the island of Maui, Maui County, Hawaii.It is located just north of Makawao.Elevation is about 1,467 feet (447 m). [1]It is uphill of the area known as Haʻikū. [2]