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	Encyclopedia: Honolulu, Hawaii
		Punchbowl can refer to many places: Punchbowl, New South Wales, suburb of Sydney, Australia Punchbowl, Tasmania, suburb of Launceston, Australia Punchbowl Crater, Location of National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii, United States of America A punch bowl can also refer to a serving bowl used for punch.
		Honolulu and Juneau, Alaska are the only two US state capitals that cannot be reached by road from the rest of the United States, or from the majority of the land area of their respective states.
		The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific is located in Punchbowl Crater fronting Pauoa Valley.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Honolulu,-Hawaii (9417 words)

	MSN Encarta - Hawaii (state)
		Its chief crater, Mokuaweoweo, erupted several times during the 20th century, but the lava that sometimes cascades down its slopes issues from openings on the flanks of the mountain.
		Halemaumau, a crater in the summit caldera of Kilauea, erupts occasionally and fire fountains near the summit or along the rift zones sometimes eject volcanic particles far into the air.
		Nearby are three famous landmarks, Punchbowl, Diamond Head, and Koko Head, all of them the remnant deposits of extinct volcanic vents.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576663/Hawaii_(state).html (2666 words)

	Punchbowl National Cemetery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Also known as the "Punchbowl", it lies in the middle of Puowaina Crater, an extinct volcano.
		Punchbowl National cemetery consists of 112.5 acres in extent.
		In the early 1800’s the crater was an important stronghold for Oahu natives who tried in vain to resist the invading Army of Kamehameha when he unified the Hawaiian Islands in 1810.
	www.pearl-harbor.us /punchbowl.php (147 words)

	Earth from Space
		As the water turned to steam, it caused an explosion that formed a hill of ash with a broad crater in the center.
		In Hawaiian, Punchbowl Crater was known as Pu'owaina, or "Hill of Sacrifice," and was a site of royal burials.
		Punchbowl is also the site of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
	www.jsc.nasa.gov /images/eol/2003/honolulu.html (335 words)

	OAHU CIRCLE ISLAND TOUR
		Punchbowl is one of two cemeteries in the Pacific for the World War II dead (the other is the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines).
		In addition to the cemetery and memorial, Punchbowl contains a committal court and collumbarium constructed in 1981 and a Honolulu overlook area constructed in 1988.
		Punchbowl is indeed lushly situated, and the cemetery is calm and splendid in the green of grass and foliage.
	honolulu.hawaii.edu /tours/tours/oahu/oahu-1.htm (1224 words)

	National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
		An unknown soldier killed in the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 was the first internment at the National Cemetery of the Pacific located in Punchbowl.
		Punchbowl is free; visit between the hours of 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
		True to its name, Punchbowl is an almost perfectly round crater of an extinct volcano.
	www.thisweek.com /oahu/tour/tour-punchbowl.html (373 words)

	Holidays & Festivals
		The cemetery is set within the crater of an extinct volcano known to Oahu's residents as "Punchbowl" because of its shape.
		The crater was once known to Hawaiians as Puowaina, or "the hill for placing of sacrifices." It is for this reason that the street leading to Punchbowl is also called Puowaina.
		It was the Territory of Hawaii that offered Punchbowl to the federal government for use as a military cemetery.
	home.hawaii.rr.com /hawaiianweb/topic06.html (839 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News
		At ceremonies at the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Punchbowl crater, at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery in Kaneohe and at the USS Arizona Memorial, where a half-size replica of the Vietnam Wall concludes a weeklong visit, Hawaii's veterans were remembered.
		Harris looked over the Punchbowl crater, where the 40,000 gravestones were decorated by 2,500 Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts with miniature American flags and leis.
		Today's 50th-anniversary Punchbowl ceremony ended with a 21-cannon salute from an artillery unit of the 25th Infantry Division and a missing-man flyover by F-15 jet fighters from the Hawaii Air National Guard.
	starbulletin.com /1999/05/31/news/story2.html (590 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Built in 1948 this National Cemetery is located in the Pu'owaina Crater (Punchbowl).
		In ancient times this crater was known as the "Hill of Sacrifice".
		On December 7th/8th 1941 one of the most daunting tasks was burying the 2400 plus dead from the attack by aircraft of the Japanese Navy.
	www.ussutah.org /Punchbowl_cemetery.htm (967 words)

	Free stuff to do on Oahu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Punchbowl Cemetary is an extinct volcanic crater like Diamond Head with great views of Honolulu.
		The bay floor is the crater of a volcano that opened up to the ocean when the exterior wall collapsed.
		A battery of canons was located within the crater providing complete concealment and protection from invading enemies.
	zuls.net (1121 words)

	A Punchbowl Virtual Reality 360 Photo Tour, National Memorial Cemetery Of The Pacific and The Honolulu Memorial at ...
		The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and the Honolulu Memorial, covering approximately 116 acres, are located in Puowaina Crater, an extinct volcano referred to in Hawaii as "Punchbowl" because of its shape.
		Puowaina Crater was selected as a permanent cemetery site when major objections were made to temporary cemeteries in the central & south Pacific areas.
		The impressive memorial sits high on a wall of Puowaina Crater overlooking the graves area of the cemetery.
	www.acresofhonor.com /history.html (834 words)

	National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The “Punchbowl” was formed some 75,000 to 100,000 years ago during the Honolulu period of secondary volcanic activity.
		A crater resulted from the ejection of hot lava through cracks in the old coral reefs which, at the time, extended to the foot of the Koolau Mountain Range.
		Early in the 1880s, leasehold land on the slopes of the Punchbowl opened for settlement and in the 1930s, the crater was used as a rifle range for the Hawaii National Guard.
	www.cem.va.gov /nchp/nmcp.htm (2239 words)

	Punchbowl columbarium to open soon - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		After two delays during the summer and a $1 million increase in construction costs, the first niches in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific's new columbarium should be ready for use this month.
		Their loved ones have been in limbo, their ashes put in temporary storage until workers could finish the first 500 of the columbarium's 4,160 new niches.
		Gene Castagnetti, director of the landmark cemetery in Punchbowl Crater, said an inspector from the National Cemetery Administration is expected to arrive next week to review the work.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2003/Dec/02/ln/ln20a.html (508 words)

	Punchbowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Punchbowl, New South Wales, suburb of Sydney, Australia
		Punchbowl Crater, Location of National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii, United States of America
		A punch bowl can also refer to a serving bowl used for punch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Punchbowl (115 words)

	Hawaiian luxury cruises. Deep discount prices. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Two-and-a-half miles long, two miles wide and 400 feet deep, the crater is the legendary home of Pele, the goddess of fire.
		Called the "House of the Sun," it was from this crater that legend says the god Maui lassoed the sun and stored its rays within the mountain for the farmers and fishermen to have as they needed.
		With its time-etched mountains and cascading waterfalls, lush greenery and sun-drenched beaches, you'll see why Kauai, of all Hawaii's gems, is called "The Garden Isle." Kauai is a quiet and peaceful island where the buildings grow no higher than the coconut trees.
	www.cruise-source.com /holland/pc_hawaii.htm (765 words)

	National Cemetery of the Pacific \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Oahu \| Frommers.com
		Punchbowl Crater, at the end of the road
		The National Cemetery of the Pacific (also known as "the Punchbowl") is an ash-and-lava tuff cone that exploded about 150,000 years ago -- like Diamond Head, only smaller.
		Early Hawaiians called it Puowaina, or "hill of sacrifice." The old crater is a burial ground for 35,000 victims of three American wars in Asia and the Pacific: World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/oahu/A22902.html (283 words)

	Hawaiian Photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Punchbowl is the site of the National Cemetery of the Pacific, the resting place for over 20,000 of America's war dead.An unknown soldier killed in the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941 was the first interment at Punchbowl.
		Marble slabs are inscribed with the names of more than 26,280 servicemen missing in action from World War II and the wars in Korea and Vietnam.
		The Hawaiian name for Punchbowl is Puowaina, appropriately meaning the "Hill of Sacrifice."
	www.angelfire.com /wa/helenbill/Kapictures.html (287 words)

	Home Page News Archives
		A berm along Punchbowl St. insulates the front area of Queen's from traffic.
		Built in 1961, the State Capitol dictates the view plane through Punchbowl crater.
		The berm's curvilinear lines of dwarf laua'e ferns in the center and golden glory ground cover along the sides are reminiscent of a haku lei, and are designed to create a visual flow which draws a viewer's eye across the campus.
	www.queens.org /news_stories/06_15_03.html (423 words)

	The Honolulu Advertiser \| Local News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Forensic anthropologists trying to identify two U.S. servicemen killed in the Korean War have run into an unexpected problem with the remains, which were disinterred at Punchbowl crater last September.
		The remains were the first examined as part of a renewed effort by the Pentagon to identify 50 to 70 soldiers who are buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
		One of the suspected culprits is a moisture-absorbing compound that was applied to the remains prior to their burial at Punchbowl in 1956, Webb said.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /2000/Feb/06/localnews4.html (296 words)

	Punchbowl Crater
		In ancient times, the extinct volcanic Punchbowl Crater was known as Puowaina which means "Consecrated Hill" or "Hill of Sacrifice".
		It's official name is "The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific" and 33,230 service men and women from four wars are buried here.
		And this is the view between 2 palm trees as the sun sets over Waikiki Beach after another full day of tours.
	www.angelfire.com /va/Walker3/hawaii5b.html (314 words)

	Pearl Harbor Tours
		Following your visit to the Pearl Harbor area you will drive through historic Honolulu and on to Punchbowl Crater for an exclusive personalized tour of the National Cemetery of the Pacific by a veteran from the American Legion.
		After the serenity of Punchbowl, enjoy the drive through more historic Honolulu highlights, learning about the history of Hawaii and its rich heritage.
		Your city tour will include views of Punchbowl Crater (National Cemetery of the Pacific), Iolani Palace, the State Capitol, King Kamehameha Statue, and Kawaiahao Church.
	adventureinhawaii.com /oahu_pearlharbor.htm (717 words)

	Punchbowl on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the bowllike extinct volcanic crater at the summit (reached by a scenic drive) is the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, for those killed in World War II.
		Guided tours of 'Punchbowl' cemetery to start in December.
		Army veteran Walter M.J. Wong sings hyms in remembrance of his buddies in the chapel at Punchbowl Cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/p/punchbow.asp (368 words)

	Hawaii Vacation Deals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		We visit Punchbowl Crater and Diamond Head Crater, an extinct volcano with a majestic view of Waikiki Beach.
		We visit Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial, a monument to the men who lost their lives during the historic events of December 7, 1941.
		The seven-mile-long crater is actually a valley created by erosion of wind and rain and home to the famous but endangered silversword plant.
	www.best4hawaii.com /12daytour.htm (818 words)

	Benibiker's Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The cemetery is situated inside a dormant volcano called Punchbowl Crater with great city views.
		Here's a view of Koko Crater from my condo so you can see how steep the climb is. The trail starts on the right side of the volcano.
		My condo is located in the 2 long buildings on the lower right side in front of the little green island.
	home.earthlink.net /~benibiker (558 words)

	A Punchbowl Virtual Reality 360 Photo Tour, National Memorial Cemetery Of The Pacific and The Honolulu Memorial at ...
		Puowaina Crater, otherwise affectionately called "Punchbowl" is home to The National Memorial Cemetery Of The Pacific & The Honolulu Memorial.
		My intention was to add still photographs of Punchbowl to a website, thus allowing many people the opportunity to visit the memorial at least online.
		This website is in honor of those who serve & have served in the military armed forces of these United States Of America defending our freedoms and to those who have paid the ultimate price for the freedoms we enjoy in the U.S.A. today.
	acresofhonor.com /info.html (406 words)

	Historic Sites - Oahu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Founded in 1889 by Charles Reed bishop in honor of his late wife, Princess Pauahi, the last descendant of the Royal Kamehameha family, the museum features rare artifacts and exhibits on the Hawaii and Pacific history.
		Located on a steep cliff on the flank of Diamond Head crater, the lighthouse is one of Hawaii's oldest ocean navigation aids.
		The tower is 55 feet high and the tower's light can be seen almost 18 miles away and is one of the best-known beacon lights in the Pacific.
	www.bigislandmagazine.com /en/oahu_historic.htm (867 words)

	2003_june_hawaii_trip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Off in the far distance, a wildcat did howl, and the volcano crater shown with the fingers of lava as they flowed through the rain forest.
		The cemetery stones are flat in the Punchbowl Cemetery.
		One of the outstanding mosaics at the punchbowl chapel.
	anderson.mine.nu /anderson_geneology/2003_june_hawaii_trip.htm (3112 words)

	Hawaii Forts
		Inside the Punchbowl was Camp Punchbowl, the cantonment area for the batteries.
		The Punchbowl became a National Cemetery in 1949.
		An SCR-271A fixed radar (1942) was located on Koko Crater, with the operations and power rooms tunneled into the rim.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/hi.html (2207 words)

	Hawaii Points Of Interest - Oahu - Natural Guide To Hawaii
		Located in the Punchbowl Crater, a 75,000 year old extinct volcano.
		Perhaps the most recognizable crater in the world with sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean and Honolulu.
		South Beretania St., between Punchbowl St. and Richards St. Built in 1969, it features a central courtyard, reflecting pools, and a Statue of Father Damien who devoted his life to the lepers on Molokai.
	www.innerself.com /nyp/naturalhawaii/points/oahu.htm (1331 words)

	Fodor's Travel Guides \| Forums Messages
		Our favorite thing on Oahu was The Punchbowl Crater...drive all the way up to the top of the summit, it has great views.
		Punchbowl (National Cemetery of the Pacific): (free) While you are there, drive to the overlook area.
		Punchbowl is near the bottom of Mt. Tantalus.
	www.fodors.com /forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=1&tid=34641284&numresponses=5&start=0 (2499 words)

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