Mokapuu Point

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Mokapuu Point (aka Mokapu Point, or Mokapu'u Point)

Mokapu Point (MO-KAH-poo), E Oahu Isl., Honolulu co., Hawaii, 11 mi/18 km NE of Honolulu; 21°27'N 157°43'W. NE corner of Mokapu Peninsula; Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station occupies most of peninsula, which is bounded by Kaneohe Bay (W), by Kailua Bay
(SSE). Moku Manu Isl. 1 mi/1.6 km NNE of point.

Located entirely on the Marine Corps Base, Hawaii

Makapu‘u Head, the E extremity of O‘ahu, is a bold, barren, rocky headland 647 feet high. Makapuu Point Light (21°18'36"N., 157°38'59"W.), 420 feet above the water, is shown from a 49-foot white cylindrical concrete tower on the head. The seaward side of Makapu‘u Head is a dark cliff; the inland side slopes rapidly to the valley which separates it from the Ko‘olau Range. The headland is the landfall for vessels inbound to Honolulu from the mainland. There is deep water close to the outer end of the headland, but shallower water is found along the N and E sides. Deep-draft vessels should give Makapu‘u Head a berth of about 1 mile and/or stay in depths greater than 20 fathoms.
[www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/nsd/coastpilot_w.php?book=7] Chapter 14
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Hawaii)
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Coordinates:   21°27'11"N   157°43'46"W

Comments

  • It's Mokapu not Mokapu'u - cf. Makapu'u at the far SE tip of the island.
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