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365 ‘Ualapu‘e. Fishpond, Kamalò, Moloka‘i. Lit., hilled sweet potatoes. Uaoa. Bay, fishing site, landing, Kaupakalua, Maui. Noted site for surround-netting akule. A former canoe landing was in a cove on the shore of the bay. Also known as Keone. Lit., light rain, mist. U Buoy. Fish aggregating device, Kâne‘ohe, O‘ahu. Buoy anchored at approximately 960 fathoms. Landmarks: Mokoli‘i Island, Mòkapu Point. ‘Uko‘a. ‘Fishpond, Hale‘iwa, O‘ahu. Ukumehame. Beach park, Maui. The beach park lies within the coastal boundaries of the land division of Ukumehame. A narrow detrital sand beach fronts the park. Also known as Pako‘a. Lit., [to] pay for [in] mehame wood. Mehame was a prized native hardwood. mo‘olelo I was born and raised in Ukumehame Canyon. There used to be a beautiful reef from the pali down to Ukumehame, but it was destroyed by the military in World War II. The little park with the small parking lot was called Pako‘a. The beach before Olowalu with the rocks on the shore was Ka‘ili‘ili, and Kapaiki was the village and the Teen Challenge area where I live now. Awalua was the ‘ili‘ili and black sand on the Lahaina side of Olowalu . Launiupoko was a shark-breeding ground, and we had to watch the season when we laid our nets or the big sharks would get caught and break our nets. John Kaaiea, February 11, 1978 ‘Ula‘ino. Beach, Hâna, Maui. Small pebble beach on an otherwise rocky shore. Site of Pi‘ilani Heiau, the largest shrine in the Hawaiian Islands. Lit., stormy red. Ule Point. Dive site, fishing site, point, rock, east coast, Kaho‘olawe . Phallic rock on a point north of Kanapou Bay. The dive u Ulehawa 366 u site is north of the point and is also known as Ulua Ridge. A bottom fishing site is off the point. Lit., penis. Ulehawa. 1. Beach park (57.7 acres), Wai‘anae, O‘ahu. The park fronts almost all of Nânâkuli from Nânâikapono Elementary School to Mâ‘ili Point. The eastern section of the park is known as Depots. 2. Surf site, Nânâkuli, O‘ahu. Also known as Channels at the mouth of Ulehawa Channel. Lit., filthy penis. Probably the name of a chief who lived here. Ulua Beach. Beach, dive site, snorkeling site, surf site, Wailea, Maui. One of five calcareous sand beaches fronting the Wailea resort complex. The surf site is a shorebreak that forms on the sandbar fronting the beach. The dive and snorkeling sites are off the beach. In 1971, Maui historian Inez Ashdown identified this beach as Ke One Ulua (literally, “the adult crevalle fish sand”) in her book Ke Alaloa o Maui. When Wailea was developed, the name was shortened to Ulua. Fronting the Elua Village condominiums. Lit., adult crevalle fish. Ulua Cave. 1. Dive site, Kohala, Hawai‘i. Large cave in Waiaka ‘îlio Bay that descends from 35 to 80 feet and that sometimes has ulua, or adult cravalle fish, in it. Also known as Kohala Estates. 2. Dive site, Mâkaha, O‘ahu. Large cave below a ledge west of Lahilahi Point at 80 feet that sometimes has ulua in it. Also known as Big Mouth Cave. Ulua Ridge. Dive site, northeast coast, Kaho‘olawe. Underwater lava ridge north of Ule Point with abrupt dropoffs at 60 to 120 feet. Ulua fish sometimes frequent the ridge. Ulukou. Beach, Waikîkî, O‘ahu. Section of Waikîkî Beach where the Moana Hotel was built. Lit., kou tree grove. Ulupa‘u. Crater, headland, Mòkapu, O‘ahu. Volcanic tuff cone like Mânana (Rabbit) Island that is saucer shaped from the violent explosions that occurred when hot lava rose through the sea floor and interacted with the ocean. Mokumanu, the large island offshore, is an eroded remnant of Ulupa‘u Head. Lit., increasing soot. Ulupikuli‘ili‘i. Point, Mâkena, Maui. Rocky point at the south end of Ulupikunui. Lit., small fig tree. Ulupikunui. Beach, Mâkena, Maui. Small pocket of calcareous sand in the rocky point south of Po‘olenalena Beach. Lit., large fig tree. A large fig tree once grew on the cliffs above the cove. Underwater Range. Naval site, Mânâ, Kaua‘i. The range consists of listening devices on the ocean floor off the Pacific Missile Range Facility that can pinpoint a vessel’s location within an area of 1,000 square miles. One of the...
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