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ID: 1103320
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1103320
Record Type:
physical
Diamond Head (crater)
Coordinates:
Lat: 21 15 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 21.2500
decimal degrees
Long: 157 48 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -157.8000
decimal degrees
Note:
Extinct volcanic crater; was burial ground for ancient Hawaiians.
Names:
Diamond Head
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
so-named in early 19th cen. by British sailors who mistook volcanic crystals for diamonds
Leahi
(
C
,
V
)
............
Hawaiian, meaning "place of fire"
Cape Diamond
(
C
,
V
)
Diamond Head Crater
(
C
,
V
)
Diamond Point
(
C
,
V
)
Lae Leahi
(
C
,
V
)
Lealu
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
United States
(nation) (
P
)
............
Hawaii
(state) (
P
)
................
Honolulu
(county) (
P
)
....................
Oahu
(island) (
P
)
........................
Diamond Head
(crater) (
P
)
Place Types:
crater (
preferred
,
C
)
burial site (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Cape Diamond..........
[
VP
]
.......................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS15000405
Diamond Head..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 243
.......................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS15000405
Diamond Head Crater..........
[
VP
]
...................................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS15000405
Diamond Point..........
[
VP
]
..........................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS15000405
Lae Leahi..........
[
VP
]
....................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS15000405
Leahi..........
[
VP
]
..............
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 243
..............
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS15000405
Lealu..........
[
VP
]
..............
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS15000405
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 243
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS15000405
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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