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  • Heidi Klum saves son, nannies from drowning

    Klum, 39, is vacationing in Oahu , Hawaii, with her boyfriend Martin Kristen and her children -- Leni, 8, Henry, 7, Johan, 6, and Lou, 2. The fun took a turn for the terrible, though, when Henry and two nannies got pulled into the ocean by a riptide, forcing   Read more »

  • Hawaii targets NY, Chicago with marketing campaign

    to attract passengers. But he says unprofitable routes don't last long.The $500,000 campaign started last week with a focus on Oahu . It will focus on a different island for each of the next three weeks: Maui, Hawaii and Kauai.The advertisements include segments   Read more »

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About Oahu

Oʻahu (usually Oahu outside Hawaiian and Hawaiian English), the "Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the State of Hawaiʻi. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast. Including small close-in offshore islands such as Ford Island and the islands in Kaneohe Bay and off the eastern coast, it has a total land area of 1,545.3 km² (596.7 mile²), making it the 20th largest island in the United States. In greatest dimension, this volcanic island is 71 km (44 mi) long and 48 km (30 mi) across. The length of the shoreline is 366 km (227 mi). The island is the result of two separate shield volcanoes: Waiʻanae and Koʻolau, with a broad "valley" or saddle (the central Oʻahu Plain) between them. The highest point is Mt. Kaʻala in the Waiʻanae Range, rising to 1,220 m (4,003 ft) above sea level.

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