Kīlauea Point

Kīlauea Point

Kīlauea Point is a narrow peninsula protruding from the northern shore of the island of Kauaokinai, Hawaiokinai. ["Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition", p. 592]

Kīlauea Point is composed of lava rock and has no beaches. It was purchased from the Kīlauea Sugar Plantation Company in 1909 "for the consideration of one dollar". Kīlauea Lighthouse then was built on the point. Today the point lies in the Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge.

ee also

*Kīlauea Lighthouse

Notes

References

*"Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition". Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1997. ISN 0-87779-546-0.


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