Kaʻū Desert – Plain in Hawaii, Hawaii

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 360612

Location

State Hawaii

County Hawaii

Feature Class Plain

Coordinates

DMS

19°21'00"N 155°19'00"W

Decimal Degrees

19.35, -155.3166667

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Kau Desert

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

ʻŌhaikea Houses (historical)

4.7 mi NW

Also Known As

Kau Desert Kau Desert

Hydrography

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Description

Plain in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Nearby Features

Twin Pit Craters Crater · 0.4 mi NNE
Cone Crater Crater · 0.5 mi NE
Puʻukoaʻe Summit · 0.5 mi NW
Maunaiki Summit · 2.3 mi W
Puu Ohale Summit · 2.6 mi E
Southwest Rift Zone Area · 2.7 mi N
Footprints Area · 3.1 mi W
Kīpukakeanabihopa Lava · 3.2 mi SSE
Lava Flow of 1920 Lava · 3.2 mi WSW
Kamakaiʻa Uka Summit · 3.6 mi SW

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
Photos (where shown): Wikidata / Wikimedia Commons – individual licenses apply.
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