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Lehua Rock Light stands on Kaunuakalā atop Lehua Island in Hawaii, just north of Niʻihau, where its height above the ocean made it an important navigation aid for both islands. Selected in 1928 because privately owned Niʻihau did not permit navigational lights, the beacon was installed in 1931 by the United States Lighthouse Service on a concrete tower using an automatic gas-powered system. Building it was especially difficult because materials had to be landed below and hauled to the summit. The U.S. Coast Guard later continued operations, and the light was replaced in 1989 with a solar-powered beacon. Today it flashes white every four seconds.
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Kekaha, Hawaii · United States
