Kaunaoa Bay Kaunaoa Bay Kaunaoa Bay has one of the few white sand beaches of the Kohala Coast, the western side of the island of Hawaii. A historic hotel, the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, is located on beautiful Kauna'oa. The word 'kauna'oa' may refer to a few different things, any of which may have been why native Hawaiians named this beach so: the first definition refers to a thin, orange vine with yellow flowers, (Cuscuta sandwichiana), which is found throughout most Hawai'i (this is the official lei vine of Lanai). However, the second definition refers to a mollusk (Vermetidae), and a third
Island of Flowers Sava, the medieval seat of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro. It was a tourist resort for Yugoslav military personnel, closed for general public in the Socialist Yugoslavia period. In the Middle Ages, the two adjacent islands Island of flowers and Sveti Marko Island, were named Islands of Sveti Mihailo and Sveti Gavrilo respectively, after the two holy archangels. After the Montenegrin littoral became part of the Venetian republic, both islands were renamed. Sveti Mihailo island became Miholjska prevlaka, while Sveti Gavrilo Island island became first named Stradioti, then Sveti Marko island. The Monastery of Holy Archangel Michael () was founded by