Waianae Mountains

[wahy-uh-nah-ey, ‑-nahy]

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a mountain range in W Oahu, Hawaii. Highest peak, Mount Kaala, 4,025 feet (1,228 meters).

Example Sentences

A much larger 2016 fire in the Waianae mountains on the other side of Oahu took out one of the last remaining populations of a rare tree gardenia, said Gon.

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Andrew Porch says drone crashed in the Waianae mountains near Schofield Barracks, which is about an hour’s drive north of Honolulu.

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High on the flanks of the Waianae Mountains, the crumbling remains of a dead Hawaiian volcano that overlook Dole pineapple plantations and Pearl Harbor on the west end of O’ahu, is the home of a plant called Phyllostegia kaalaensis.

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It was a laid-back afternoon — as most are — at Ko Olina, a 642-acre luxury development near the Waianae Mountains on Oahu’s sunny leeward side.

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Behind it rises the impassable Koolau and Waianae mountains.

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