Puʻu o Mahuka Heiau

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Puʻu o Mahuka Heiau

The Puʻu o Mahuka Heiau is on the North Shore of Oahu and is the largest heiau on the island, covering 2 acres on a hilltop overlooking Waimea Bay and Waimea Valley. Pu'u o Mahuka Heiau was most likely constructed as a luakini heiau (sacrificial temple) in the 1600s.

Hawaiian legends have it that from this point, Pele (Volcano Goddess) leaped from Oahu to the next island, Molokai.

 
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