kalaupapa peninsula

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Definition of kalaupapa peninsula in English English dictionary

Promontory on the northern shore of Molokai island, Hawaii, U.S. Occupying a 10-sq-mi (26-sq-km) plateau, it is isolated from the rest of the island by 2,000-ft (600-m) cliffs. Kalawao village, now abandoned, was the site of the original leper colony (see leprosy) established by King Kamehameha V in 1866; Father Damien ministered to the lepers there 1873-89. The entire peninsula is now the state leprosarium, administered by Hawaii's health department

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kalaupapa pen·in·su·la