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  2. Koʻolau Range - Wikipedia

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    It is not a mountain range in the normal sense, because it was formed as a single mountain called Koʻolau Volcano (koʻolau means "windward" in Hawaiian, cognate of the toponym Tokelau). What remains of Koʻolau is the western half of the original volcano that was destroyed in prehistoric times when the entire eastern half—including much of ...

  3. List of mountain peaks of Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    The Hawaiian Islands has 13 major mountain peaks [a] with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level . [ 1 ]

  4. Kualoa Regional Park - Wikipedia

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    Kualoa Regional Park is located at Kāneʻohe Bay, on the island of Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The park covers 153 acres (61.92 ha; 0.24 sq mi) across the road from the Pali-ku (cliffs) of the Koʻolau Range. The beach front is white sand [1] and 1/3 mile offshore is the small basalt island of Mokoliʻi (or Chinaman's Hat).

  5. Kualoa Ranch - Wikipedia

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    Established in 1850, Kualoa is a 4,000-acre (1,600 ha) private nature reserve and working cattle ranch, as well as a popular visitor attraction and filming location on the windward coast of Oʻahu in Hawaii

  6. Haiku Stairs - Wikipedia

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    It provided pedestrian access to former U.S. Navy communication facilities on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaii [1] with more than 3,000 steps along O‘ahu's Ko'olau mountain range. [2] The pathway has been used as a hiking trail at various times but was closed to the public in 1987. The city council voted to remove the stairs in 2021.

  7. List of mountain passes in Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    Name Island County Elevation Coordinates Primary access route Other access route(s) GNIS; Hole-in-the-Mountain: Island of Kauaʻi: Kauaʻi: 1,148 feet (350 m)

  8. Tetsuo Harano Tunnels - Wikipedia

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    The Tetsuo Harano Tunnels are a pair of highway tunnels passing through the Koʻolau Range on the island of O‘ahu.The tunnels are located on Interstate H-3, which connects Kaneohe with Interstate H-1 at Hālawa near Pearl Harbor, and are 4,980 feet (1,520 m) long Kaneohe-bound and 5,165 feet (1,574 m) long Halawa-bound.

  9. Kahoʻolawe - Wikipedia

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    [27] In turn, the Legislature of Hawaii created the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission to exercise policy and management oversight of the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve. As directed by Title X and in accordance with a required memorandum of understanding between the U.S. Navy and the state of Hawaii, the Navy transferred the title to the land of ...