Coconut Island
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'''Coconut Island''', or '''Moku o Lo{{okina}}e''', is a 28-[[acre]] (113,000 m²) island in [[Kāne'ohe Bay]] off the island of [[O'ahu]] in the [[state]] of [[Hawai'i]], [[USA]]. It is a marine research facility of the [[Hawai`i Institute of Marine Biology]] (HIMB) of the [[University of Hawai`i]]<ref>{{Citation | title = Hawai`i Institute of Marine Biology | url = http://www.hawaii.edu/HIMB/info.html | accessdate = 2008-06-20 }}</ref>.
In 1934-1936, Christian Holmes II, an heir to the [[Charles L. Fleischmann|Fleischmann]] yeast fortune, doubled the original 12-acre island with coral rubble, sand, and earthen landfill. He established a residence with aquaria, kennels, and aviaries for his many pets. The island was converted to a rest and relaxation station for [[United States Navy]] flyers during [[World War II]]. A group of five [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] businessmen, including [[Edwin W. Pauley]], bought the island in 1947 to convert to an exclusive resort club and hotel. From the 1950s to the 1980s, the Pauley family used the island for summer get-aways. From the mid-80s to mid-90s Japanese real estate investor Katsuhiro Kawaguchi owned half the island, while the University owned the other half. In 1995, the Edwin Pauley Foundation granted a gift of $9.6 million to the University of Hawaii Foundation to purchase the private half of the island and build new laboratories on it.
The island is now completely owned by the state and is the facility for the [[Hawai`i Institute of Marine Biology]], part of the [[University of Hawai`i]]. It is the only [[laboratory]] built on a [[coral reef]].
Coconut Island was the real life island for the long shots of the island in ''[[Gilligan's Island]]''.
==See also==
*[[Whitlow Au]], researcher who works on Coconut Island
==Footnotes==
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==References==
{{Citations missing|date=January 2008}}
*{{Citation
| last = Klieger
| first = P. Christiaan
| last2 = Helfrich
| first2 = Philip
| last3 = Leong
| first3 = Jo-Ann C.
| title = Moku o Lo`e: A History of Coconut Island
| place = Honolulu, Hawai'i
| publisher = [[Bernice P. Bishop Museum|Bishop Museum Press]]
| year = 2007
| url = http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/press/web/detailed.asp?search=1-58178-072-9
| isbn = 1581780729
}}.
==External links==
*[http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2008/02/25/focus3.html?jst=pn_pn_lk 2008 Institute bonds]
*[http://www.ngsednet.org/workshop_details.cfm?w_id=27 Field Study]
*[http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/citation/3/3/282 Marine Lab - must use PDF to read]
*[http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/UHMEnergy/Campus%20Energy%20Projects/Coconut%20Island.html More on School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10914580 Decomposition patterns in terrestrial and intertidal habitats on Oahu Island and Coconut Island, Hawaii]
*[http://www3.mpa.gov/exploreinv/SiteProfile4.aspx?SiteID=HI22 Hawaii Marine Laboratory Refuge]
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[[Category:Islands of Hawaii]]
[[Category:Biological research institutes]]
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