Apua, Hawaii

{{Short description|Former settlement on Hawaiʻi Island}}

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{{okina}}Āpua was an ancient village in the Puna district on the southern coast of the Island of Hawai{{okina}}i in the Hawaiian Islands. A small fishing village was located at about {{coord |19|15|41|N| 155|11|46|W| type:landmark_region:US-HI |display=inline, title}}, an elevation about {{convert|59|ft}} above sea level.{{GNIS |1905295 |‘Āpua (historical) }}

The village was destroyed by a tsunami following the April 2, 1868 Hawaii earthquake and never resettled.{{Hawaiian Dictionaries |Apua |dic=pp |accessdate= November 17, 2010 }}John R. K. Clark, Beaches of the Big Island, University of Hawaii Press, 1985, p. 51. {{ISBN|0-8248-0976-9}}

{{okina}}Āpua Point, just south of the former village site,{{GNIS |358622 |‘Āpua Point }} has a backcountry campground for Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. There is no drinking water nor other facilities at the site. Weather and surf conditions can be very dangerous.{{cite web |title= 'Apua Hike |work= Volcanoes National Park official web site |publisher= US National Park Service |url= http://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/hike_apua.htm |accessdate= November 17, 2010 }} The trail crosses both old and new lava flows from the active volcano.{{cite web |title= Journal - Apua |author= David Hoover |date= November 2003 |work= Volcanoes National Park official web site |publisher= US National Park Service |url= http://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/Journal---Apua.htm |accessdate= November 17, 2010 }}