Molokini
Islet in Maui County, Hawaii / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Molokini is a crescent-shaped, partially submerged volcanic crater which forms a small, uninhabited islet located in ʻAlalākeiki Channel between the islands of Maui and Kahoʻolawe, within Maui County in Hawaiʻi. It is the remains of one of the seven Pleistocene epoch volcanoes that formed the prehistoric Maui Nui island, during the Quaternary Period of the Cenozoic Era.
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Geography | |
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Location | 20°38′00″N 156°29′46″W[1] |
Area | 23 acres (9.3 ha) |
Highest elevation | 161 ft (49.1 m) |
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Hawaiʻi, United States | |
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Population | 0 |
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The islet has an area of 23 acres (9.3 ha),[2] a diameter of about 0.4 miles (0.6 km), is 161 feet (50 m) at its highest point,[3] and is located about 2.5 miles (2.2 nmi; 4.0 km) west of Makena State Park and south of Maʻalaea Bay. The islet is a Hawaiʻi State Seabird Sanctuary.