Ka'ena Point Natural Area Reserve

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Within the reserve is leina a ka `uhane (Spirit Leap), which is considered to be a wahi pana, a celebrated legendary place. Early Hawaiians used Ka`ena Point for fishing and feather collecting. Today, people of various cultures visit Ka`ena Point for fishing, hiking, bicycling, and other recreational and educational activities.

Ka‘ena Point, the NW extremity of O‘ahu, is low and rocky and is only a few hundred yards from the foot of Kuaokala Ridge. A light is on the lower W end of the Point. Off the end of the point are several low, jagged rocks, over which the sea washes, and breakers extend about 0.4 mile from shore. The 10-fathom curve is 0.8 mile W of the point.
[www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=7] Chapter 14
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaena_Point
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Coordinates:   21°34'30"N   158°16'23"W
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