Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge

Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge protects a narrow lava peninsula on Kauaʻi’s northwest shore and ranks among Hawaiʻi’s important seabird areas. Acquired in 1909, the point gained a lighthouse in 1913, later deactivated in 1976, placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and incorporated into the refuge after its establishment in 1985; the refuge expanded in 1988. Thousands of migratory seabirds use the area, including Laysan albatrosses and red-footed boobies, while management efforts support Newell’s shearwaters and the endangered nēnē. Habitat restoration, predator control, fencing, and volunteers help sustain native plants, breeding birds, and a coastal landscape also visited by dolphins, whales, seals, and turtles.

Kalihiwai, Hawaii · United States