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County: Hawaii
Site_Name: Makaoku Heiau.
Island: Hawaii
Traditional_District: Hilo
District: Hilo
Ahupuaa: Waiakea, S. Hilo. (Shore opposite Coconut Island)
Site_Function: Heiau
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 2-4-
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BM_site_number: 50-Ha-H22-001
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Surveyor: Thrum
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 00NOV1961
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SiteType: Makaoku Heiau. Of luakini class connected with the noted Mokuola place of refuge; dimensions unknown, though it is said to have had a high pyramid of stone as if a place of observation. Stones used to make a boat landing.
Bibliography: Thrum, 1908, p. 40