Honuapo

Honuapo or Honuʻapo is a ghost town on the island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of . It was a thriving port town from the 1870s to the 1930s. The port was used to transport Colocasia esculenta, and sugarcane.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: ghost town on the island of Hawaii
  • Also known as: “Honu’apo”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Naalehu and Ka’u.

Village
Photo: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ka'u is the largest district on the of between and Kona, consisting mostly of lava fields, grasslands and agricultural exports including Ka'u Coffee, macadamia nuts, and oranges. is situated 5 km southwest of Honuapo.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
Ka'u is the largest district on the of between and Kona, consisting mostly of lava fields, grasslands and agricultural exports including Ka'u Coffee, macadamia nuts, and oranges.

Village
Photo: Vidor, Public domain.
Waiʻōhinu is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the district of Kaʻu on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, in the U.S. state of . is situated 7 km west of Honuapo.

Honuapo

Latitude
19.08949° or 19° 5′ 22″ north
Longitude
-155.54873° or 155° 32′ 55″ west
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
73F63FQ2+QG
Geo­Names ID
5856318
Wiki­data ID
Q54871788
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Hawaiian—“Honuapo” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “霍努阿波”
  • Hawaiian: “Honu‘apo”

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