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Oahu Island

State Parks, Historic Sites, and Museums need your help.

Throughout the country, important state parks, historic sites, homes, buildings, and museums are in trouble. Because of the recent rise in gasoline prices and the general world-wide financial collapse, state parks, historic sites, and museums are in danger of closing. Some are being forced to sell off artifacts and property. Most operate on a thin margin and will not weather these hard times without your help.

Places Earth recently encountered closed state parks in Arizona and California is threatening to close all state parks. The story is similar throughout the country.

Places Earth urges everyone to support these vital and important public resources any way you can. Please find a worthy local or distant historic site or museum that is in financial danger and donate your treasure, time, and talent. Write to your governor and other elected officials telling them to find a way to keep these parks open. It will be your loss.

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Back to Hawaii

Oahu is the third largest and most developed and populated of the Hawaiian Islands. It is about the center of the main islands and contains the state capital. The island is called, "The Gathering Place." The overall size of the island is 44 miles long and 30 miles across with 227 miles of shoreline and covers 597 square miles. The entire island is considered to be the County and City of Hololulu although generally the core is considered the city.

The island is primarily formed by two separate shield volcanoes, Wai'anae (west side - oldest at four million years) and Ko'olau (east side), but the island has many smaller volcanic craters such as Diamond Head, Punchbowl, and Koko Head, all of which are extinct. The highest point is Mt. Ka'ala in the Wai'anae Range, at 4,003 feet above sea level. The northeast side of the island is characterized by steep rugged mountains and a narrow coast. Honolulu. Pearl Harbor, and much of the island is southwest of the mountain range. Another mountain range occupies the western coast providing for a valley between the two ranges. Since the island chain is slowing growing east, Oahu is the second oldest of the large islands, Kauai is older and smaller. The islands west of Kauai are older, the small islands in the main chain were once part of the larger islands. Eventually, the lowland between Wai'anae and Ko'olau will erode away leaving two smaller islands.

Oahu Island Places:

Historic and Museums

Bishop Museum
Corronation Stand
Iolani Barracks
Iolani Palace
King Kamehameha Statue
Kawaiahao Church
Pearl Harbor
Polynesian Cultural Center
State Capitol
Washington House

Other

Annex
City of Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Saint Andrew Church
State Office Building

Scenic and Travel

Theme Parks

Zoos, Aquariums, Gardens

Hawaii Main Page

This page last updated: Sunday, 14-Mar-2010 19:46:00 CDT

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