19°05′17″N 155°32′53″W / 19.088°N 155.548°W Honuapo or Honuʻapo is a ghost town on the island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaii.[1] It was a thriving port town from the 1870s to the 1930s. The port was used to transport Colocasia esculenta (taro), and sugarcane.[2] Little of the town remains today other than the pier, which was destroyed in 1946 by a tsunami.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Honuʻapo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
- ^ "Honuapo - Ghost Town". www.ghosttowns.com. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ "Whittington Beach Park (Honuapo)". Big Island Hawaii Travel Guide.