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Pacific Tsunami Museum

Pacific Tsunami Museum, a museum in Hawaiʻi
Pacific Tsunami Museum, a museum in HawaiʻiYoshi Canopus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pacific Tsunami Museum, a museum in Hawaiʻi
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Pacific Tsunami Museum, a museum in Hawaiʻi
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Pacific Tsunami Museum, a museum in Hawaiʻi
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Pacific Tsunami Museum, a museum in Hawaiʻi
dronepicr · CC BY 2.0
Pacific Tsunami Museum, a museum in Hawaiʻi
dronepicr · CC BY 2.0

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Pacific Tsunami Museum is a museum in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Puʻukaupakuhale stands 3,076 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Kenyan K. Beale Community Robotics Center, a museum 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

The Pacific Tsunami Museum (originally, the Hilo Tsunami Museum) is a museum in Hilo, Hawaii dedicated to the history of the April 1, 1946 Pacific tsunami and the May 23, 1960 Chilean tsunami which devastated much of the east coast of the Big Island, especially Hilo. The museum also has a mission to educate people in general about tsunamis, including the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. It is located at 130 Kamehameha Avenue, at the intersection of Kamehameha and Kalakaua in downtown Hilo. One of the founders of the museum, Dr. Walter Dudley, serves as chairman of the museum's Scientific Advisory Council and is the President of the Board.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1993.

Wikidata Q7122743, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates19.72595, -155.08671
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 43
  • Kaipalaoa Park: 0.1 mi
  • Kalakaua Park: 0.1 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 0.3 mi
  • Clem Akina Park: 0.4 mi
  • Hilo Bayfront Park: 0.7 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Rainbow Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Peʻepeʻe Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Wai‘alae Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Kulaniapia Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Lower Waiʻale Falls: 3.5 mi
Attractions: 16
Cliffs: 12
  • Kahōlua O Kahawali Crater: 21.3 mi
  • 'I'ilewa Crater: 21.5 mi
  • Fissure 8 spatter cone: 21.6 mi
  • Kahuwai Crater: 22.0 mi
  • Puʻulena Crater: 22.1 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Naha Stone: 0.3 mi
  • Kamehameha: 0.7 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • King Kamehameha Statue: 0.8 mi
  • Tsunami Memorial: 0.9 mi
Springs: 10
  • Kaūmana Springs: 1.7 mi
  • Kaūmana Springs: 1.8 mi
  • Kaūmana Springs: 1.8 mi
  • Kapehu Springs: 6.4 mi
  • Kapehu Springs: 6.4 mi
Museums: 8
Gardens: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Honoli‘i Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Ha'ena Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Black Sand Beach: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Kipukapuaulu picnic area: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Pacific Tsunami Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻukaupakuhaleWNW 283°3,076 m21.4 mi
PuʻukanakaleonuiWNW 294°2,941 m21.7 mi
PuʻuholeiWNW 296°2,795 m21.4 mi
PuʻukawaiwaiWNW 288°2,773 m20.5 mi
PuʻuʻulaʻuluaWNW 291°2,696 m20.4 mi
PuʻukoleW 274°2,688.72 m21.7 mi
PuʻukahinahinaWNW 287°2,613 m19.6 mi
PuʻupalaoleloW 277°2,586 m20.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2518:0318:32
June solstice05:4318:3119:03
September equinox06:1017:4918:18
December solstice06:5117:1517:47

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F717172737475767777767472
Precip in7.910.212.79.47.07.39.211.38.710.214.412.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hilo Intl AP 87, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/438292610

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