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Kīlauea Point Lighthouse stands on a narrow lava peninsula on Kauaʻi’s north shore within what is now Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. Built after a difficult seaborne construction effort and dedicated in 1913, the reinforced concrete tower is known for its rare second-order Fresnel lens, one of only seven still remaining in a United States lighthouse. Beyond guiding local navigation, it helped Army Air Corps pilots Lester J. Maitland and Albert F. Hegenberger confirm their position near Hawaiʻi during their pioneering transpacific flight in 1927. Automated in 1974 and later restored after hurricane damage, the lighthouse was renamed in 2013 for Daniel K. Inouye.
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