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Diamond Head Lighthouse
Oahu, Hawaii
Standing as an enduring sentinel, the
lighthouse has safely guided innumerable
mariners transiting the Pacific region
for over one hundred and ten years.
Located on the southern cliffs of the island, its red light can be seen 17 nautical miles (over 31 kilometers) from the shoreline.
Fun Facts
Before navigational structures
were built in Hawaii, large bonfires
guided mariners safely ashore.
The lighthouse locations, Diamond Head
was named by British sailors that
mistook the crystals they found, while
they climbed the volcano's slopes, for
diamonds.
Building lighthouses on Oahu were
planned after two large ships ran
aground in 1893 and 1897.
Originally built in 1899, the first
Diamond Head Lighthouse's concrete
started to crack, so the structure was
rebuilt in 1917.
The lighthouse is 147 ft (44.80 meters)
above sea level & its actual height is
55 ft (over 16 meters).
The U.S. Coast Guard assumed
responsibility for maintaining this Aid
to Navigation in 1932.
Take a peek inside
Diamond Head Lighouse:
http://holoholo.org/transpac/dhlight/inside.html
To learn more about Lighthouses,
Lightships, Tenders & other Aids to
Navigation:
http://www.uscg.mil/history/h_lhindex.asp
For more information about the
Lighthouse or the
U.S. Coast Guard,
visit the following websites
Diamond Head Lighthouse Historical
Facts:
http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHHI.asp
Coast Guard Fourteenth District:
http://www.uscg.mil/d14
Coast Guard Hawaii Facebook Page:
http://facebook.com/USCG_Hawaii_Pacific