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When most people think of Hawaii, it's typically the island of Oahu and its famous landmarks - like Waikiki and Honolulu, Pearl Harbor and Sunset Beach - that spring to mind. Oahu is where the action is, whether you're looking for nightlife or surf.
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Discover OAHUThe old Kingdom of Oahu was once ruled by the most ancient Ali'i in all of the Hawaiian Islands. In 1785 Kahekili II King of Maui conquered Oahu and deposed the reigning family and then made his son Kalanikupule king of Oahu. Kamehameha the Great would conquer Kalanikupule's force in the Battle of Nu'uanu ... |
ALA MOANAAla Moana (meaning path to the sea in Hawaiian) is the name of a commercial, retail and residential district of Honolulu, Hawaii nestled between Waiki-ki- to the east and Kaka'ako and Honolulu Harbor to the west. King Street, to the north, marks the border with the neighborhood of Makiki ... |
DIAMOND HEADDiamond Head is the name of a volcanic tuff cone on the Hawaiian island of Oahu and known to Hawaiians as Le-ahi, most likely from lae 'browridge, promontory' plus ahi 'tuna' because the shape of the ridgeline resembles the shape of a tuna's dorsal fin ... |
HONOLUUHonolulu is the capital of and the most populous census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Although Honolulu refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and the county are consolidated, known as the City and County of Honolulu ... |
PALI LOOKOUTNu'uanu Pali is a section of the windward cliff (pali in Hawaiian) of the Ko'olau mountain located at the head of Nu'uanu Valley on the island of O'ahu. It has a panoramic view of the windward (northeast) coast of O'ahu. The Pali Highway (Hawaii State Highway 61) connecting Kailua/Ka-ne'ohe with downtown Honolulu ... |
PEARL HARBOURPearl Harbor is a harbor on the island of Oahu, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on December 7, 1941, brought the United States into World War II ... |
USS ARIZONA MEMORIALThe USS Arizona Memorial, located at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors killed on the USS Arizona during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 by Japanese imperial forces and commemorates the events of that day ... |
VALLEY OF THE TEMPLESValley of the Temples Memorial Park is a memorial park located on the Windward (eastern) side of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It is a vast area of lush, rolling green hills at the foot of the Ko'olau mountains, overlooking the sleepy town of Ka-ne'ohe. Thousands of Buddhist, Shinto, Protestant and Catholic ... |
WAIKIKI BEACHWaikiki is a neighborhood of Honolulu, in the City & County of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Waikiki Beach is the shoreline fronting Waikiki. The name means spouting fresh water in the Hawaiian language, for springs and streams that fed wetlands that once separated Waikiki ... |
WAIMEA BAYWaimea Bay is located in Haleiwa on the North Shore of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands at the mouth of the Waimea River. Waimea Valley extends behind Waimea Bay. Waimea means Red Water in Hawaiian. Captain Clerke aboard HMS Resolution stopped at Waimea Bay on 28 February 1779 ... |
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