Island of O‘ahu
Known as the “Gathering Place,” O’ahu is the third largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago and is home to approximately 1.44 million islanders. The island encompasses approximately 597 square miles (1,546 square km) and measures 44 miles (71 km) from north to south and 30 miles (48 km) from east to west, with a total shoreline of 227 miles (365 km). There are two main parallel mountain groups made from extinct volcanic shields, the Ko’olau and Wai’anae ranges, which are connected by a central plateau. O’ahu also has three extinct volcanic tuff cones: Diamond Head (Lēʻahi), Punchbowl (Pu’u O Waiho Ana/Puowaina), and Koko Head (Kohelepelepe/Puʻu Mai).
The Mokupuni of O’ahu has a total of 81 Ahupua’a and 6 Moku (Wai’anae, Waialua, Ko’olauloa, ‘Ewa, Kona, and Ko’olaupoko).
An ‘ili is Hawaiian for a town, city, community, or neighborhood. The following are a list of towns and cities (‘ili) on O’ahu:
Aiea, Aina Haina, Downtown-Chinatown, Enchanted Lakes, Ewa, Hale’iwa, Hawai’i Kai, Hau’ula, Honolulu, Ka’a’awa, Kahala, Kahuku, Kahulu’u, Kahului, Kailua, Kaimuki, Kaka’ako, Kalihi, Kāneʻohe, Kapahulu, Kapolei, Kuli’ouou-Kalani Iki, Lāʻie, Lanikai, Liliha/Alewa, Ma’ili, Mākaha, Makakilo, Mānoa, Maikīkī, Mililani, Moanalua, Nānākuli, Pālolo, Pearl City, Salt Lake, Wahiawā, Wai’anae, Waialua, Waikīkī, Wailuku, Waimanalo, Waipahu, and Waipi’o.
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Oʻahu. (n.d.). AVAKonohiki.Org., http://www.avakonohiki.org/o699ahu.html
The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. (2021). Oahu. In Encyclopedia Britannica.
What is ArcGIS StoryMaps?
ArcGIS StoryMaps is a story authoring web-based application that allows you to share your maps in the context of narrative text and other multimedia content. You can use ArcGIS StoryMaps to do the following:
- Author stories with the story builder. Stories can include maps, narrative text, lists, images, videos, embedded items, and other media.
- Publish and share your stories. Published stories each have their own URL, and you can use these URLs to share your stories within your organization, to specific groups, or with everyone.
- Create and publish collections. Collections can include stories and ArcGIS web apps bundled together for easy sharing and presenting.
- Manage your stories. View and edit your stories from the Stories page, find stories authored by others in your organization, and add stories to your favorites list.
The Resilience Corps Leadership Award Program is made possible through funding from our generous donors Hawaiian Electric and State Farm.
We are grateful for the support from State Farm Insurance for our RCL program. They provided the initial funding for the RCL initiative, which was based on the Global Council for Science and the Environment’s (GCSE)* EnvironMentors model. Then they funded the Resilient Neighborhoods Corps (RENECO) as well as keynote speakers for the 2021 and 2023 Continuum’s of Service Conference.
*Formerly the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE).