Southernmost point in the USA
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Ka Lae is the site of one of the earliest Hawaiian settlements, and it has one of the longest archaeological records on the islands.[2] It is generally thought that this is where the Polynesians first landed because the Big Island is the closest of the Hawaiian Islands toTahiti, and Ka Lae would be the point of first landfall.[7] Ruins of an ancient Hawaiian temple (heiau) and a fishing shrine can be found here. In addition, ancient Hawaiians drilled numerous holes in the rock ledges to use for mooring their canoes. Tying long ropes to their boats, they would drift out to sea to fish without fear of being carried away by the strong currents.[8] Anthropologists from the Bishop Museum excavated the area in the 1960s.[9]
Old Kamaoa wind farm at South Point
During World War II, the US Air Force built a landing strip called Morse Field on the point. After the war the airfield was closed in 1953.[16] In 1961 it was on the list of final sites to be considered by NASA to launch manned rockets to space, but was considered too remote[17] although it was later used to launch sounding rockets for testing of instruments at the Air Force's Maui Space Surveillance Center.[18] The low latitude of the location also made it (and nearby areas that are as remote) attractive as a site for private rocket launches, but these plans were dropped in the face of high costs and local opposition.[19]
A space tracking station was operated from 1964 to 1965, and in the 21st century theSwedish Space Corporation's Universal Space Network again established a remote ground station for space
There is a large blow hole in the cliff and when the waves wash in, water gushes up very noisily with spray going everywhere. In the last picture Josh is looking down into the blow hole.
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