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Kalaupapa National Historical Park
The Walls of Kalaupapa
 
A circular rock wall wall on the peninsula.
NPS photo.
A circular rock wall wall on the peninsula.
 
Likely this is an old ahupua'a wall.

NPS photo.

Likely this is an old ahupua'a wall.

The Kalaupapa Peninsula is full of rock walls.

The original people built some of these walls, including a nearly complete ahupua`a boundary wall.

 
A prehistoric ahupua'a boundary wall.

NPS photo.

A prehistoric ahupua'a boundary wall.

Other walls were built by residents of the Kalawao and Kalaupapa isolation settlements.

 
A neighborhood wall in Kalaupapa.

NPS photo.

A neighborhood wall in Kalaupapa.

Walls defined spaces, marked boundaries, and kept animals in or kept animals out.

 
One of the entrance walls at Bayview.

NPS photo.

One of the entrance walls at Bayview.

A rock entrance pillar within the settlement.
 
Entrance gate at Bayview.

NPS photo.

Entrance gate at Bayview.

Enjoy the A rock entrance pillar within the settlement.
Rock Heiau or Hawaiian religious temple near Kauhako Crater
Human Community,
The Hawaiians
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Archeology site at Kalaupapa
Archeology
at Kalaupapa
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A heiau archeologic site
The Hawaiians,
Early History
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Monk Seal  

Did You Know?
Hawaiian Monk seals are endangered and extremely rare. Most reside in the Northwest Islands of Hawaii. Several pups are born each year on the secluded beaches of the Kalaupapa peninsula.
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Last Updated: December 11, 2006 at 17:42 EST