Punchbowl Crater
| Punchbowl Crater | ||
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.JPG) View from the edge of the Punchbowl Crater |
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| location | Oahu Island , Hawaii | |
| Coordinates | 21 ° 18 '45 " N , 157 ° 50' 46" W | |
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| Type | Tuff ring | |
The Punchbowl Crater is an extinct volcano on the island of Oahu ( Hawaii ). The Hawaiian name of the crater Pūowaina means hill of casting off and refers to human sacrifice.
With nearly seven million visitors a year, the Punchbowl Crater is Hawaii's most visited tourist attraction.
In the extinct crater above downtown Honolulu lies the National Memorial of the Pacific - Hawaii's largest military cemetery, where almost 37,000 American soldiers have found their final resting place.
Web links
- 360 degree panorama Punchbowl Crater ( Flash ; 9.4 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ see online dictionary "Place Names of Hawaiʻi" ( 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.
