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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Honuapo

19°05′17″N 155°32′53″W / 19.088°N 155.548°W / 19.088; -155.548 Honuapo or Honuʻapo is a ghost town on the island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It was a thriving port town from the 1870s to the 1930s. The port was used to transport Colocasia esculenta (taro), and sugarcane. Little of the town remains today other than the pier, which was destroyed in 1946 by a tsunami.

References

  1. ^ "Honuʻapo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  2. ^ "Honuapo - Ghost Town". www.ghosttowns.com. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "Whittington Beach Park (Honuapo)". Big Island Hawaii Travel Guide.