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Cassandra R. Coombs and BernardRay Hawke, Planetary Geosciences Division, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics

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OHA's Kīpuka Database is a geographical information system (GIS) that utilizes the latest mapping technologies to provide a window into native Hawaiian lands.

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RHEOGENIC CAVES AND CAVERNOUS STRUCTURES OF KALAUPAPA PENINSULA, MOLOKAI ISLAND, HAWAII:  A MARS ANALOG REVISITED

William R. Halliday1, Chris H. Okubo2, Stephan Kempe3, Michael and Sherry Garman4, and J. Judson Wynne5.

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RHEOGENIC CAVES AND CAVERNOUS STRUCTURES OF KALAUPAPA PENINSULA, MOLOKAI ISLAND, HAWAII:  A MARS ANALOG REVISITED

William R. Halliday1, Chris H. Okubo2, Stephan Kempe3, Michael and Sherry Garman4, and J. Judson Wynne5.

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Kalaupapa National Historical Park Geologic Resources Inventory Report

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Kalaupapa National Historical Park Geologic Resources Inventory Report

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News from Molokai is a compilation of letters between Queen Emma Rooke and her cousin Peter Kaeo. Peter Kaeo is sent to Kalaupapa to live because he contracts leprosy. In a letter by Peter to Emma, Peter tells of a small huakaʻi he took in the Kalaupapa area.

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Map of Kalaupapa Peninsula and Kauhākō Crater

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Map of Kalaupapa Peninsula and Kauhākō Crater

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Map from Kalaupapa National Historical Park Geologic Resources Inventory Report

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ULUKAU: THE HAWAIIAN ELECTRONIC LIBRARY

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Kaluaokahoalii

Island: | Molokaʻi
Ahupuaʻa: | Kalawao
Feature: | cave
Comments: | Summers "Site 290... The opening at Kauhako, which is now blocked up, was on the northern bank ʻof the waterholeʻ; this opening was called Kaluaokahoaliʻi." The seaward end was at Ananaluawahine (q.v.).
Lexicology: | ka-lua-o-kahōāliʻi. PE: the pit of Kahōāliʻi.
Source: | Summers 1971:192.
Quadrangle: | 60-03
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Catalog No.: | 261.54.014

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Geology of Kalaupapa

Surrounded on three sides by rough ocean waters and cut off from the rest of Molokai island by 1,600 foot cliffs, the Kalaupapa Peninsula has always been one of the most remote places in Hawai'i. These features made Kalaupapa an ideal location to isolate Hansen's disease patients. The formation of the peninsula itself took hundreds of thousands of years to occur, and did so through many episodes of volcanic and geologic activity.

Learn more about the geologic events that created Kalaupapa peninsula.

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Water Quality Assessment

Because water is the most valuable resource we have, water quality steers the protection and management of Kalaupapa National Historical Park's natural features. Read the complete 2010 water quality assessment here.

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Natural Features & Ecosystems - Kalaupapa National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)

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Excerpt from Kalaupapa National Historical Park Geologic Resources Inventory Report

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“The most memorable places for me in Kalaupapa were the Kauhako Crater and the Old Woman’s Cave.  At the Kauhako Crater I felt like the king of the crater because that’s where all the Ali’i watched the games during the time of the Makahiki season.  As soon as I walked up close to the edge, the high winds came.  All I could hear was the wind and the trees swaying.  As for the Old Woman’s Cave, I liked it because it is a good hideout and you can see if anyone is sailing in.  It’s peaceful in the cave because you can hear the ocean crashing against the rocks, and you have to climb down into it to get into the cave.  I will never forget these two places because they are where I found my peace.”—Ryden R.

“My most memorable part of our Kalaupapa trip was when we went to look down into Kauhako Crater where the deepest lake is.  Uncle Albert told Justin and me that, in ancient times, people used to play a game where they would jump off the edge of the crater and let the wind pick them up.  If they were connected with their kupuna, then their kupuna would take the form of wind to save them and carry them back up.  I also liked the crater because there is a lake in the middle that is really deep.  The last time the people who work at the park tried to measure it, they used 800 feet of cord and still didn’t hit the bottom.”—Shawn P.

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“The most memorable places for me in Kalaupapa were the Kauhako Crater and the Old Woman’s Cave. At the Kauhako Crater I felt like the king of the crater because that’s where all the Ali’i watched the games during the time of the Makahiki season. As soon as I walked up close to the edge, […]