Honuapo

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.[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
  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.


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