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Keawakapu

iʻoa ｜ proper noun / Ke-awa-kapu / Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Coastal area between Kīhei and Mākena, East Maui.

  • Literally, the sacred (or forbidden) harbor.

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Keawakapu

Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Artificial reef, beach, surf site, Keawakapu, Maui. The artificial reef was established in August 1962 when 150 car bodies were dumped 400 yards off Keawakapu Beach in 80 feet of water. The beach is one of five calcareous sand beaches that front the Wailea resort complex. The public right-of-way to the beach at its east end was donated to the County of Maui by Wailea Resorts. The surf site is a shorebreak on the sandbar fronting the beach. Lit., the sacred or forbidden harbor.

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