What is the island that the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" known as?
Waimea Canyon State Park Waimea Canyon, also known as the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific", is a large canyon, approximately ten miles (16 km) long and up to 3,000 feet (900 m) deep, located on the western side of Kauaʻ i in the Hawaiian Islands of the United States. Waimea is Hawaiian for "reddish water", a reference to the erosion of the canyon's red soil. The canyon was formed by a deep incision of the Waimea River arising from the extreme rainfall on the island's central peak, Mount Waiʻ aleʻ ale, among the wettest places on earth.
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuego—literally "Land of the Fire", formerly "Isla de Xativa" and also known as Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego—is an island near the southern tip of South America from which it is separated by the Strait of Magellan. The western portion (61.43%) of the island (29,484.7 km2 ) is in Chile (Province of Tierra del Fuego and Antártica Chilena Province), while the eastern portion (38.57%, 18,507.3 km2 ) is in Argentina (Tierra del Fuego Province). It forms the major landmass in an extended group of islands or archipelago also known as Tierra del Fuego.