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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]
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.
People who want to hike Diamond Head can make a reservation 14 days in advance. ... This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Hawaii travel: Diamond Head, Hanauma Bay, booking reservations ...
Three people were injured, one critically, in a motor vehicle collision at 8 :30 tonight at 3828 Diamond Head Road. A woman, 24, was in critical condition and another woman, 27, was seriously injured.
STAR-ADVERTISER Hikers make their way, in January 2022, to and from the trailhead at the Diamond Head State Monument park on Monday in Honolulu. Honolulu firefighters this morning rescued two ...
The name Kaimana is not an ancient Hawaiian name for the area, but is rather the Hawaiian pronunciation of the English name for the nearby Diamond Head. [10] The former Sans Souci site is now the New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel. [11] Kaimana Beach was the end point of the first submarine communications cable between California and Hawaii.
The Ala Wai Canal is an artificial waterway in Honolulu, Hawaii which serves as the northern boundary of the tourist district of Waikiki. It was created in 1928 to drain the rice paddies and swamps which would eventually become Waikiki. It also serves as a primary drainage corridor for the rivers and streams that run through central and east ...