Kekepa

Kekepa
Kekepa, the Turtle Rock
Waters	Pacific Ocean
Archipelago	Hawaii
Geographical location	21 ° 27 '42.8 "  N , 157 ° 46' 32"  W Coordinates: 21 ° 27 '42.8 "  N , 157 ° 46' 32"  W.
length	75 m
width	35 m
surface	0.2 ha
Highest elevation	6  m
Residents	uninhabited

Kekepa , also known as Turtle Rock (Eng. "Turtle Rock"), is a flat, uninhabited island in the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean . It is located in Kāneʻohe Bay off the east coast of the island of Oʻahu , only a few hundred meters northwest of Marine Corps Base Hawaii and administratively belongs to Honolulu County .

The 6 m high, coral limestone island is 75 m long, up to 35 m wide and has an area of ​​0.2  ha (0.002 km²). Wedge-tailed shearwaters ( Puffinus pacificus , Hawaiian : ʻuaʻu kani or hōʻio ) breed on Kekepa , and Euphorbia degeneri , Hawaiian: ʻakoko , is a species of milkweed that cannot be found on any other island off the coast of Oʻahu. Kekepa is, like many other small islands in Hawaii, a Hawaii State Seabird Sanctuary ( bird sanctuary ) and may not be entered.

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  Kekepa's surface, in the background the island of Oahu

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  Euphorbia degeneri on Kekepa

Web links

• Kekepa in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
• Kekepa in Offshore Islet Restoration Committee (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hōʻio in Hawaiian Dictionaries , ʻuaʻu kani in Hawaiian Dictionaries
2. ↑ ʻakoko in Hawaiian Dictionaries  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.