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View from the top of Diamond Head, 2015. Diamond Head is a volcanic tuff cone on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu.It is known to Hawaiians as Lēʻahi (pronounced [leːˈʔɐhi]), which is most likely derived from lae (browridge, promontory) plus ʻahi (tuna) because the shape of the ridgeline resembles the shape of a tuna's dorsal fin. [3]
Fort Ruger is a fort on the island of Oʻahu that served as the first military reservation in the Territory of Hawaii.Named after Civil War General Thomas H. Ruger and built in and around Diamond Head Crater, the fort was established by the United States for the purpose of defending the harbor of its newly annexed territory. [2]
We want to reduce the impact of visitors and really ensure that our residents have access to these desirable places." Nonlocals who want to hike Diamond Head can make a reservation 14 days in advance.
Ideal for larger groups, the newly renovated two-bedroom Ohana Suites sleeps six comfortably. They have views of Diamond Head crater — just be sure to make a reservation to enter the state monument.
Diamond Head is a 1,700-metre (5,600 ft) (rim-to-rim) wide [40] typical tuff cone with a wide and not overly deep crater that forms a prominent promontory east of Honolulu. [38] Inland from Diamond Head lie the Kaimukī and Mauʻumae cones, [51] which appear to come from a shared fissure. [38]
Nearby, visitors can ascend the Diamond Head Crater or pay a visit to the museum at Pearl Harbor. EXPLORE. 4. ... Day visitors need a ticketed reservation to enter Yosemite National Park, ...
After hundreds of thousands of years of dormancy, Koʻolau volcano began to erupt again. Some thirty eruptions over the past 500,000 years or so have created many of the landmarks around eastern Oʻahu, such as Diamond Head, Koko Head (Hanauma Bay), Koko Crater, Punchbowl Crater, Tantalus, and Āliapaʻakai, and are collectively known as the Honolulu Volcanic Series, or simply Honolulu ...
Aerial view of Hanauma Bay. Hanauma (/ ˌ h ɑː n ə ˈ uː m ə /; Hawaiian: [həˈnɔumə]) [1] is a marine embayment formed within a tuff ring and located along the southeast coast of the Island of Oʻahu in the Hawaii Kai neighborhood of East Honolulu, in the Hawaiian Islands.