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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]
Ala Moana Park, 1934 with Diamond Head in background Ala Moana Park 1934 Construction in 1935 Construction, 1935. Ala Moana Regional Park as we know it today rests on reclaimed land that was once swampy marshland. In the 1920s Ala Moana Beach Park was a wetland with bulrushes, kiawe trees, and coconut palms that the city used as a garbage dump.
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]
The legend tells a story where Pele, goddess of vulcanoes and fire, was attacked on Hawaii by Kamapuaʻa, a shapeshifting man with a pig head. Her sister Kapo came to her aid, luring the attacker away by throwing her vagina to Oʻahu. Kamapua'a followed it to the location of Koko head, where it left a deep imprint, believed to be Koko crater ...
As Kapiʻolani Park continues south, it becomes Kapiʻolani Beach Park, adjacent to Kuhio Beach and Waikiki Beach. The park serves as a natural border between Waikiki and Diamond Head neighborhood. On April 17th, 2024, a private plane made a emergency landing in the park after a engine failure. Nobody was hurt. [7]
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]
Therefore, the project was named "Diamondhead" after Diamond Head, an iconic volcanic cone on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. [9] Plans for the largest resort-type community in the southern United States were unveiled at a press conference in 1969. Hawaiian-style architecture, landscape, and road names were featured in the development.
[2] [3] Both Kāohikaipu and Mānana Island are northeast of Makapuʻu Point. The total size of Kāohikaipu is 11 acres (4.5 ha). [3] [4] Kāohikaipu′s formation was due to the Honolulu Volcanic Series, which were a series of eruptions by the Koʻolau Range that created numerous vents near Honolulu such as Diamond Head.