Kalapana
Kalapana is a town and a region in the Puna District on the Island of Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. The town was the original location of the Star of the Sea Painted Church.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 167 residents
- Description: Hawaiian town
- Also known as: “Kalapana, Hawaii” and “Kalapanu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Star of the Sea Painted Church.
Star of the Sea Painted Church
Church
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Star of the Sea Painted Church is a Catholic Church in Kalapana, Hawai'i, United States of America. It was built in 1927-1928 under the direction of a Belgian Catholic missionary, Father Evarist Gielen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaimū.
Kaimū
Suburb
Photo: JGKlein, Public domain.
Kaimū was a small town in the Puna District on Island of Hawaiʻi that was completely destroyed by an eruptive flow of lava from the Kūpaʻianahā vent of the Kīlauea volcano in 1990.
Kalapana
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.3527° or 19° 21′ 10″ northLongitude
-154.9784° or 154° 58′ 42″ westPopulation
167Elevation
784 feet (239 metres)Open location code
73F7923C+3JOpenStreetMap ID
node 150919242OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
5847768Wikidata ID
Q3192115
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In Other Languages
From Croatian to Polish—“Kalapana” goes by many names.
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