Molokini
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island, bird sanctuary
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.
The islet has an area of 23 acres (9.3 ha), a diameter of about 0.4 miles (0.6 km), is 161 feet (50 m) at its highest point, and is located about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Makena State Park and south of Maʻalaea Bay. The islet is protected as the Molokini Islet Seabird Sanctuary.
The islet has an area of 23 acres (9.3 ha), a diameter of about 0.4 miles (0.6 km), is 161 feet (50 m) at its highest point, and is located about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Makena State Park and south of Maʻalaea Bay. The islet is protected as the Molokini Islet Seabird Sanctuary.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molokini
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Coordinates: 20°37'55"N 156°29'45"W
- Maui 49 km
- Hawai‘i 60 km
- Lānaʻi 68 km
- Moloka'i 107 km
- O'ahu 221 km
- Kaua'i 385 km
- Niʻihau 418 km
- French Frigate Shoals 1076 km
- Kiritimati Atoll 2072 km
- Pearl and Hermes Atoll 2139 km
- Alalākeiki Channel 6.1 km
- South Maui 9 km
- ‘Ulupalakua Ranch Conservation Easement 14 km
- Kealaikahiki Channel 24 km
- Kahikinui Hawaiian Home Land 24 km
- Haleakalā National Park 37 km
- Alenuihāhā Channel 50 km
- Kiholo Ridge 89 km
- Indianapolis Seamount 116 km
- Alika Knoll 123 km