Lanai Meteorite Crater Apparently Myth

Abstract

Abstract A survey by air and on the ground revealed no depression at the place supposedly called Ka‐imu‐hoku, Hawaiian for “The Star Oven”, on the island of Lanai. It had been reported as a “pit in the sand” or “the place where a meteor fell”. Reasons are given for believing the name was based on native observation of a nineteenth century fireball.