Kēōkea is an unincorporated populated place in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii, United States. [1] It is located at 19°25′10″N 155°52′58″W / 19.41944°N 155.88278°W, near the junction of Māmalahoa Highway ( Route 11) and Keala o Keawe Road ( Route 160), elevation 960 feet (290 m). Satellite imagery shows evidence of a humid climate with agriculture dominant around the settlement. Just to the north is the area of Hōnaunau. It was the name for the land division ( ahupuaʻa) of ancient Hawaiʻi that stretched from the shoreline to Mauna Loa owned by Mataio Kekūanaōʻa. [2]
The name is used for several places throughout the Hawaiian Islands. [3] A county park named Kēōkea is on the north coast of the Hawaiʻi Island, at 20°13′37″N 155°44′44″W / 20.22694°N 155.74556°W. [4] [5] In the Hawaiian Language, kē ō kea means "the sound of whitecaps", [6] or "the white sand". [2]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kēōkea
- ^ a b Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Kēōkea ". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
- ^ Lloyd J. Soehren (2010). "lookup of Kēōkea ". in Hawaiian Place Names. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
- ^ John R. K. Clark (2004). "lookup of Kēōkea ". in Hawai'i Place Names: Shores, Beaches, and Surf Sites. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kēōkea Beach Park
- ^ Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel Hoyt Elbert; Esther T. Mookini (2004). "lookup of Kēōkea ". in Place Names of Hawai'i. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
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