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  • 5th Hawaii dolphin tour wins NOAA recognition

    may be disturbed if humans approach them too quickly or make too much noise.NOAA said Monday that Ocean Joy Cruises, Hawaii Nautical and its subsidiary Port Waikiki Cruises on Oahu, and Holoholo Charters on Kauai have already earned the recognition.   Read more »

  • Wet Hawaii weather brings hail, dampens vacations

    being experienced by the resort staff not being able to report to work," he said.Gov. Neil Abercrombie declared an emergency for Oahu and neighboring Kauai, which were the first island to see the brunt of the storms starting last weekend. Since Monday, nearly   Read more »

About Oahu

Oʻahu (usually Oahu outside Hawaiian and Hawaiian English), the "Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the State of Hawaiʻi. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast. Including small close-in offshore islands such as Ford Island and the islands in Kaneohe Bay and off the eastern coast, it has a total land area of 1,545.3 km² (596.7 mile²), making it the 20th largest island in the United States. In greatest dimension, this volcanic island is 71 km (44 mi) long and 48 km (30 mi) across. The length of the shoreline is 366 km (227 mi). The island is the result of two separate shield volcanoes: Waiʻanae and Koʻolau, with a broad "valley" or saddle (the central Oʻahu Plain) between them. The highest point is Mt. Kaʻala in the Waiʻanae Range, rising to 1,220 m (4,003 ft) above sea level.

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