Getting Around Big Island

On Big Island, you need a car in order to get to most of the interesting beaches, parks or other attractions, or to travel from the Kona coast to the Hilo coast. Places like the green or black sand beaches, or the Mauna Kea summit and astronomical observatories are only accessible by four-wheel drive. Read More »

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26N45E17BC__01 Well, a well in McCone County, Montana
Band-e Yok, a ridge in Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Bandiagara, population 6,853 in Region de Mopti, Mali
Becevina in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Boca de Tigre in Estado Apure, Venezuela
Cambobo, a hill in Malanje Province, Angola
Cygnus in Limpopo Province, South Africa
Drijenac in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Fleury Bight in Newfoundland and Labrador
Heying in Henan Sheng, China
Kendal in Central Java, Indonesia
Khor Faradeb, a wadi in Western Bahr el Ghazal State, Republic of South Sudan
Kibori in Nigeria
Kuh-e Lay Gazan, a mountain in Iran
Lann Glacier, a glacier in Antarctica
Lebaksiuh in West Java, Indonesia

Lensk in Perm Krai, Russia
Long Branch, a stream in Bates County, Missouri
Mandial Mohra in Punjab, Pakistan
Maqam al Ma`atirah in Bart al `Anan, Muhafazat al Jawf, Yemen
McCurtin Creek Cemetery in Choctaw County, Mississippi
Neygenan in Ostan-e Khorasan-e Razavi, Iran
Pakhapani in Sisne, Rukum, Rapti Zone, Mid Western Region, Nepal
Rodeona in Departamento de Ayacucho, Peru
Santa Maria in Departamento de Arauca, Colombia
Scott Hollow, a valley in Vernon County, Wisconsin
Trinity Lutheran Church, a church in Barton County, Kansas
Vysokoye in Pskovskaya Oblast', Russia
Wanpla in Kayah State, Myanmar
Wayka Falls, an overfalls in Menominee County, Wisconsin
Woody School, a school in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

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