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Surrounded by rough seas on three sides and with a difficult to penetrate 1,700 - 2,000 feet high pali cliff immediately behind it, Makanalua Peninsula was selected to be the place of isolation for Hawaii's leprosy victims. |
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Other sections along Molokai's notorious North Shore cliffs tower over 3,000 feet high. The message was clear to all in the islands. Kalaupapa was not a place to leave from. |
