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Kāneʻohe Bay

Large bay of volcanic origin in the Hawaiian island O'ahu

Summary

Large bay of volcanic origin in the Hawaiian island O'ahu

Field	Value
name	Kāneʻohe Bay
other_name	Kaneohe Bay
image	Kaneohe Bay.jpg
alt	Pier stretching out into Kāneʻohe Bay
caption	Kāneohe Bay on a calm morning viewed from the Kokokahi YWCA at the south end of the bay. Coconut Island appears in the middle of this picture.
pushpin_map	United States Oahu#Hawaii#Pacific Ocean
pushpin_map_alt	Location of Kāneʻohe Bay in Hawaii, US
location	Hawaii
coordinates
type	Bay
length	8 mi
width	2.7 mi
area	45 km2
max-depth	40 ft
islands	5

| max-depth = 40 ft

Kāneohe Bay, at 45 km2, is the largest sheltered body of water in the main Hawaiian Islands. This reef-dominated embayment constitutes a significant scenic and recreational feature along the northeast coast of the Island of Oahu. The largest population center on Kāneohe Bay is the town of Kāneohe.

Mokoli{{okina}}i]], a prominent island at the northern edge of Kāne{{okina}}ohe Bay

The bay seen on a clear morning from Heeia Kea Small Boat Harbor Marina pier looking north towards Mokoli'i

The Bay is approximately 8 mi long and 2.7 mi wide, with a mouth opening of about 4.6 mi wide and a maximum depth of 40 ft in the dredged channel. It has one of the two barrier reefs in the archipelago, the other being the 27 mi barrier reef of Molokai island, and also has extensive development of shoaling coral reefs within a large lagoon. Two navigable channels cut across the northern and southern ends of the barrier reef. The deeper, northern channel, located off Kualoa Regional Park, provides entrance from the North Pacific Ocean to a ship channel dredged the length of the lagoon between 1939 and 1945. The lagoon contains extensive patch and fringing reefs and its southern end is partly enclosed by the Mokapu Peninsula. This peninsula is occupied by Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

Ko{{okina}}olau Mountain Range seen on a clear morning from Kane{{okina}}ohe Bay on a boat

There are five named islands or islets within Kāneohe Bay. A sand bar (Ahu o Laka), Kapapa, and Kekepa (Turtleback Rock) are all islets on the barrier reef. Two islands within Kāneohe Bay are prominent: Mokolii and Moku o Loe (Coconut Island), the largest of the five. Mokolii is a volcanic remnant at the very north end of the Bay, site of former Kualoa Airfield. The community on the northern side is called Waikane, or North Koolaupoko.

Coconut Island is an isolated volcanic remnant located in the southwest part of the bay. Coconut Island is owned by the state of Hawaiʻi and home to the University of Hawaiʻi, and Pauley-Pagen Laboratory (SOEST). Coconut Island was used for the opening sequence of the television program Gilligan's Island.

In August 2010, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides was filmed on the bay.

Geologically, Kāneohe Bay forms part of a former caldera of the Koolau volcano. In prehistory, most of the volcano cataclysmically slid into the Pacific Ocean, leaving behind only the Range and the Bay.

References

"Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology".
(December 2017). "Kayaking and Snorkeling: He'eia State Park". He'eia Learning Center.
"''Pirates of the Caribbean 4'' draws crowds to Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii".

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