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The kiwikiu or Maui parrotbill (Pseudonestor xanthophrys) is a species of Hawaiian honeycreeper endemic to the island of Maui in Hawaii. It can only be found in 50 square kilometres (19 sq mi) of mesic and wet forests at 1,200–2,150 metres (3,940–7,050 ft) on the windward slopes of Haleakalā . [ 3 ]
Ko Olina Resort is a 642-acre (2.60 km 2) master-planned vacation and residential community on the leeward coast of Oahu, 17 miles (27 km) west of Honolulu. [3] Ko Olina has 2 miles (3.2 km) of coastal frontage and includes three natural and four man-made lagoons with white-sand beaches.
Ko Olinaʻs Grand Lawn is a privately-owned and maintained lagoon-front setting located on the west side of the island of Oahu, Hawaii within Ko Olina Resort, part of the City and County of Honolulu. Located at the east end of Ko Olinaʻs 642-acre resort community, the Grand Lawn is adjacent to the resortʻs white-sand Ulua Lagoon, one of four ...
Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, is a beachside resort hotel at the Ko Olina Resort in Kapolei, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu.It is one of Disney's "stand-alone" hotel situated in a location without any adjacent theme parks, [1] alongside Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort and Disney's Vero Beach Resort.
Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club is a hotel in Ko Olina, Hawaii, a resort community in Kapolei. It is located 30 minutes away from Honolulu on the western side of Oahu . Opened in 2003, the hotel consists of three resort towers, each housing roughly 200 units.
Volcano Golf and Country Club – Hawaii's highest course, situated at over 4,200 feet (adding 10-25 yards to every swing). Only a mile from Kilauea Volcano and Halemaʻumaʻu. [16] [17] Waikoloa G.C. (Beach Course • Kings' Course), Waikoloa Beach. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr. (1981). [18] Waikoloa Village G.C., Waikoloa Village.
In the rainy winter season, high water levels enlarge the freshwater pond to more than 400 acres (1.6 km 2). [7] [8] By spring, water levels begin dropping [9] and by summer, the pond shrinks to half its winter size, leaving a salty residue behind: this accounts for its name, "Kealia", meaning "salt encrusted place"; [7] Coastal salt pans once produced the mineral from seawater. [4]
The Kalohi Channel is the stretch of water separating Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi.Depth of water in this channel is about 260 feet (79 m) and width is 9.3 miles (15.0 km). This is one of the less treacherous channels between islands in the archipelago, although strong winds and choppy sea conditions are fre