Keahole Point

{{Short description|Historic Place in Hawaii County, Hawaii}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Kalaoa Permanent House Site 10,205

| nrhp_type =

| image = Kalaoa permanent settlement.jpg

| caption = An ancient house ruin

| location = Keāhole Point

| coordinates = {{coord|19|43|30|N|156|3|28.8|W|display=inline}}

| locmapin = Hawaii

| built = 1400-1800

| architect =

| architecture = Ancient Hawaiian

| added = November 21, 1992

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 92001552{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Keāhole Point is the westernmost point of the island of Hawaii. The Kona International Airport was moved here from directly north of the town of Kailua-Kona in 1970, when the previous smaller airstrip was converted into the Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area. The name comes from Ke {{okina}}āhole since the {{okina}}āhole fish (Kuhlia sandvicensis) was found nearby.John R. K. Clark, Hawai{{okina}}i Place Names: Shores, Beaches, and Surf Sites, published by University of Hawaii Press, 2002, {{ISBN|978-0-8248-2451-8}}

Between the airport and the coast lies the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii. Most of the land was formed in 1801 by the Hu{{okina}}ehu{{okina}}e lava flow from Hualālai. This flow extended the shoreline out an estimated 1 mile, adding some 4 km² of land to the island.http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/1997/97_07_25.html Fishponds versus lava flows, USGS, 1997 The southern part of this point is sometimes referred to as Kalihi Point.Juvik and Juvik editors, 1998, Atlas of Hawaii, University of Hawaii Press, {{ISBN|978-0-8248-2125-8}}[http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2005/144/images_plots/bimp.pdf USGS Big Island Map] by Edward W. Wolfe and Jean Morris

The Ahupua{{okina}}a (ancient name of the community in this area) was Kalaoa, still used by the census.

The site includes a house platform, a walled enclosure, a debris pile with volcanic glass and marine shells, and a larger wall.Ross Cordy, {{NRHP url|id=92001552|title=Site nomination form}} on National Register of Historic Places web site

Probably the home of a common family, an excavation in 1975 estimated occupation from about 1500 to 1800.Ross Cordy, "A Study of Prehistoric Social Change: The Development of

Complex Societies in the Hawaiian Islands". Academic Press, New York

On January 14, 1989, the Kalaoa Permanent House Site was put on the state register of historic places as site number 10-27-10,205.[http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/hpd/register/reghaw.pdf List of Historic Places in Hawaii County] on Hawaii State web site On November 21, 1992, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as site number 92001552. It was described as site 81 in a 1930 survey by Reinecke,John E. Reinecke, 1930, Survey of Hawaiian Sites from Kailua, Kona, to Kalahuipuaa, Kohala, Bishop Museum, OCLC Number 11538969 and site 8 in a 1975 survey by Rosendahl & Kirch,Paul H. Rosendahl, Archaeological reconnaissance survey of the Keahole Point Natural Energy Laboratory site, North Kona, Hawaii and site HA-D15-12 on a state survey. Just south of this area is the area known as O{{okina}}oma.

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