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Papakolea Beach

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Papakolea Beach

Papakōlea Beach (also known as Green Sand Beach or Mahana Beach) is a green sand beach located near South Point, in the Kaʻū district of the island of Hawaiʻi. It is one of only two green sand beaches in the world, the other being Punta Cormorant on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Islands It gets i

ts distinctive coloring from olivine sand eroded out of the enclosing volcanic cone (tuff ring).

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