💧 Papakōlea Beach

United States · Americas · 18.94°N, 155.65°W

Papakōlea Beach is a green sand beach located near South Point, in the Kaʻū district of the island of Hawaiʻi. It is one of only two green sand beaches in the world, the other being Punta Cormorant on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Islands It gets its distinctive coloring from olivine sand eroded out of the enclosing volcanic cone.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	18.94°N, 155.65°W · view on map

Papakōlea Beach is located in United States, in Americas.

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