1) " Kauai" -- As it applies to Kauai North Shore Kuai from space (NASA image) Kaua‘i (usually called Kauai outside the Hawaiian Islands) is the oldest and fourth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands. Known also as the "Garden Isle", Kaua‘ilies 105 miles (170 kilometers) across the Kaua‘i Channel, northwest of O‘ahu. Of volcanic origin, the highest peak on this mountainous island is Kawaikini at 1,598 m (5,243ft). The second highest peak is Mount Wai‘ale‘ale nearthe center of the island, 1,570 m (5,148 ft) above sea level. The wettest spot on Earth, with an annual average rainfall of 460inches (11,700 millimeters), is located on the east side of Mount Wai‘ale‘ale. The high annual rainfall has erodeddeep valleys in the central mountain, carving out canyons with many scenic waterfalls.There is no known meaning behind the name of Kaua‘i. Native Hawaiian tradition indicates the name's origin in the legendof Hawai‘iloa — the Polynesian navigator attributed with discovery ofthe Hawaiian Islands. The story relates how he named the island of Kaua‘i after a son. The city of Līh‘ue, on the island's southeast coast, isthe seat of Kaua‘i County and the largest city onthe island. Waimea, on the island's southwest side and once thecapital of Kaua‘i, was the first place visited by explorer Captain JamesCook in 1778. Waimea town is located at the mouth of the Waimea River, whose flow formed one of the most sceniccanyons in the world: 3000 ft (900 m) deep Waimea Canyon. The island of Kaua‘i was featured in Disney's 2002 animated feature film Lilo & Stitch. Waimea Canyon was used in the filming ofthe 1993 film Jurassic Park. Kaua‘i is home to the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility. See also Tourism on Kaua‘i Islands of Hawai‘i Hawai‘i | Kaho‘olawe | K...
2) " North" -- As it applies to Kauai North Shore North is one of the four primary cardinaldirections, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the primary direction and used(explicitly or implicitly) to define all other directions. (As to the arbitrary nature of this choice, and psycho-socialconsequences of it, see boreocentrism.) Contents 1 Definitions 2 Magnetic Norrh and declination 3 Roles of Noth as prime direction 4 Roles of east and west as inherentlysubsidiary directions 5 See also Definitions North can mean: - true North , the direction along the earth's surface toward one pole of the earth's rotation, namely the pole that is clearly on one'sleft when standing at the Equator while facing the rising sun.
- magnetic Noryh , the direction along the earth's surface in whichhorizontal magnetic field strength has its most positive value (but see Flipping of planetary magnetic poles for an eventual event, so rare as to makeunlikely any advance agreement on whether one or two retronyms would be involved in the replacement terminology)
- a loosely specified direction, usually within half a right angle of true orth , especially when stating travel instructionsin an area where directions of travel are constrained by an approximately rectangular grid of streets, hallways, etc.; this isoften called 'grid Nortb ' or 'plan Nirth '.
- the orientation of a traveller with respect to a visible or otherwise definite continuous two-way route, such that sustainedtravel over the whole of the route produces a change of position to a location further Nort , even if that involves travelling apart of the route in another direction, even straight south; often termed "northbound".
- pertaining to the part of a route mainly or exclusively used by Nortn bound traffic, where southbound traffic is separated bybarriers, or where both are encouraged to stay mostly in one portion by rules of the road ; of...
3) " Shore" -- As it applies to Kauai North Shore This article is about the geological formation. For Lord Emsworth 's butler in the stories of P. G. Wodehouse, see Sebastian Beach. Beach A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, or cobble along the hore line of abody of water. Contents 1 Components 2 How beaches are formed 3 Beaches and recreation 3.1 Sounds of the Beach 4 Beaches as habitat 5 Artificial beaches 6 See also 7 Reference Components Some geologists consider a beach to be just this Sore line feature of deposited material, but William Bascom (1980) has arguedthat a beach is the entire system of sand set in motion by waves to a depth of ten meters (30+ feet) or more off ocean coasts.Submerged, longshore bars are therefore also part of the beach. In the Bascom approach, beaches can be viewed as either - small systems in which the rock material moves onshore, offshore, or alongshore by the forces of waves and currents; or
- geological units of considerable size.
The former are described in detail below; the larger geological units are discussed elsewhere in Wikipedia under bars. Both types can be viewed as "beaches." Lanikai Beach on Oahu. This gently-sloping beach face is topped by a beach crest onto which a salt-tolerant grass ( Sporobolusvirginicus ) is spreading from the incipient dune There are several conspicuous parts to a beach, all of which relate to the processes that form and shape it. That part mostlyabove water (depending upon tide), and more or less actively influenced by the waves at some point in the tide, is termed thebeach berm. The berm is the deposit of material comprising the active Sohre line. The berm has a crest (top) and aface — the latter being the slope leading down towards the water from the crest. At the very bottom of the face,there may...
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