There are no National Park Service units on Lanai, Ni'ihau, Kahoolawe, or the other northwestern Hawaiian Islands. However, through NPS science and research and cultural preservation activities, we still have stories to share. Explore these stories below.
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- Type: Place
Kaunolu Village Site is located on the Island of Lanai. This ancient fishing community, occupied since at least the 1400s, consisted of a wide variety of religious structures, residences of priests, and isolated petroglyphs.
- Federal Archeology Program
Archeology of the “Mystery Islands” Nihoa and Mokumanamana
- Type: Article
- Offices: Federal Archeology Program
Nihoa and Mokumanumanu (Necker) Islands contain heiau (temples), living sites, and agricultural terraces. Recent studies that unite archeological analyses with oral histories have uncovered the roles these islands played within Hawaiian rituals of the past.
- Type: Article
- Locations: Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve, Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve, Katmai National Park & Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Lake Clark National Park & Preserve, more »
- Offices: Ocean Alaska Science and Learning Center
Pacific Ocean Education Team (POET) newsletter from March 2013. Articles include: The Japan Tsunami Marine Debris Summary; Restoring "Plastic Beach" Back to Kamilo Point; Coming to a Beach Near You; and An Unexpected Visitor.
Last updated: August 19, 2019