Molokai
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Molokai or Molokai is an island
in the Hawaiian archipelago
. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) in size with a land area of 260 square miles (673.4 km²), making it the fifth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands and the 27th largest island in the United States. It lies east of Oahu
across the 25-mile (40 km) wide Kaiwi Channel
and north of Lānai
, separated from it by the Kalohi Channel
. The lights of Honolulu are visible at night from the west end of Molokai, while nearby Lānai and Maui are clearly visible from anywhere along the south shore of the island.
Molokai is known as the long time residence of Father Damien de Veuster
, a Belgian
priest
and canonized Roman Catholic saint
who cared for sufferers of Hansen's Disease, also known as leprosy
. Historically, a small north shore colony
on Molokai, Kalaupapa
, was the place where sufferers of Hansen's Disease where forced into quarantine by the Hawaiian government, but there are no active cases of Hansen's Disease on Molokai today. Those who continue to live in the settlement are patients who chose to stay after the segregation policy was lifted in 1969.
The first European sailor to visit the island was Captain George Dixon in 1786.
es known as East Molokai
and the much smaller West Molokai
. The highest point is Kamakou on East Molokai, at 4970 feet (1,514.9 m). East Molokai volcano, like the Koolau Range on Oahu
, is today only what remains standing of the southern half of the original mountain. The northern half suffered a catastrophic collapse about 1.5 million years ago and now lies as a debris field scattered northward across the Pacific Ocean
bottom, while what remains on the island are the highest sea cliffs in the world. Views of these sea cliffs are presented in the movie Jurassic Park III
. The south shore of Molokai boasts the longest fringing reef
in the U.S. and its holdings—nearly 25 miles (40.2 km) long.
Molokai is part of the state of Hawaii
and located in Maui County
, except for the Kalaupapa peninsula
, which is separately administered as Kalawao County
. Maui County encompasses Maui
, Lānai
, and Kahoolawe
in addition to Molokai. The largest town on the island is Kaunakakai
, which is one of two small ports on the island. Molokai Airport
is located on West Molokai. The United States Census Bureau
divides the island into three census tract
s: Census Tract 317 and Census Tract 318 of Maui County, Hawaii
, and Census Tract 319 of Kalawao County, Hawaii
. The total 2000 census
population of these was 7,404, living on a land area of 260.02 square miles (673.45 km²). Molokai is separated from Oahu on the west by the Kaiwi Channel, from Maui
on the southeast by the Pailolo Channel, and from Lānai on the south by the Kalohi Channel.
s and poor land management practices. It lacks significant ground cover and virtually the entire section is covered in non-native kiawe (Prosopis pallida
) trees. One of the few natural areas remaining almost intact are the coastal dune
s of Moomomi
, which are part of a Nature Conservancy
preserve.
The eastern half of the island is a high plateau
rising up to an elevation of 4900 ft (1,493.5 m) on Kamakou peak and includes the 2774 acre (11.2 km²; 4.3 sq mi) Molokai Forest Reserve. The eastern half is covered with lush wet forests that get over 300 in (7,620 mm) of rain per year. The high elevation forests are populated by native ōhia lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha
) trees and an extremely diverse endemic flora and fauna in the understory
. Much of the summit area is protected by the Nature Conservancy's Kamakou and Pelekunu valley preserves. Below 4000 feet (1,219.2 m), the vegetation is dominated by exotic flora, including strawberry guava
(Psidium littorale), eucalyptus (Eucalyptus
spp.), and cypress (Cupressus
spp.). Introduced axis deer
(Axis axis) and feral pigs (Sus scrofa) roam native forests, destroying native plants, expanding exotic plants through disturbance and distribution of their seeds, and threatening endemic insect
s. Near the summit of Kamakou is the unique Pepeopae
bog, where dwarf ōhia and other plants cover the soggy ground.
Molokai is home to a great number of endemic plant and animal species. However, many of its species, including the olomao (Myadestes lanaiensis), kākāwahie
(Paroreomyza flammea), and the Molokai Ōō (Moho bishopi) have become extinct
. Molokai is home to a wingless fly among many other endemic insects.
National Geographic Traveler
magazine and the National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations conduct annual Destination Scorecard surveys, aided by George Washington University
. In 2007, a panel of 522 experts in sustainable tourism
and destination stewardship reviewed 111 selected human-inhabited island
s and archipelago
s around the world. Molokai ranked 10th among the 111. The survey cited Molokai's pristine, breathtaking tropical landscape, environmental stewardship, rich and deep Hawaiian traditions (the island's mana
), and visitor-friendly culture.
The island of Hawaii
, Kauai
, Maui
and Oahu
, ranked 50, 61, 81 and 104, respectively. Tahiti
ranked 57.
halau on Molokai
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
in the Hawaiian archipelago
Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll...
. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) in size with a land area of 260 square miles (673.4 km²), making it the fifth largest of the main Hawaiian Islands and the 27th largest island in the United States. It lies east of Oahu
Oahu
Oahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...
across the 25-mile (40 km) wide Kaiwi Channel
Hawaiian islands channels
In an archipelago like the Hawaiian Islands the water between islands is typically called a channel or passage. Described here are the channels between the islands of Hawaii, arranged from southeast to northwest.- Alenuihāhā Channel :...
and north of Lānai
Lanai
Lānai or Lanai is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is also known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The only town is Lānai City, a small settlement....
, separated from it by the Kalohi Channel
Hawaiian islands channels
In an archipelago like the Hawaiian Islands the water between islands is typically called a channel or passage. Described here are the channels between the islands of Hawaii, arranged from southeast to northwest.- Alenuihāhā Channel :...
. The lights of Honolulu are visible at night from the west end of Molokai, while nearby Lānai and Maui are clearly visible from anywhere along the south shore of the island.
Molokai is known as the long time residence of Father Damien de Veuster
Father Damien
Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. , born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious order...
, a Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
priest
Priesthood (Catholic Church)
The ministerial orders of the Catholic Church include the orders of bishops, deacons and presbyters, which in Latin is sacerdos. The ordained priesthood and common priesthood are different in function and essence....
and canonized Roman Catholic saint
Canonization
Canonization is the act by which a Christian church declares a deceased person to be a saint, upon which declaration the person is included in the canon, or list, of recognized saints. Originally, individuals were recognized as saints without any formal process...
who cared for sufferers of Hansen's Disease, also known as leprosy
Leprosy
Leprosy or Hansen's disease is a chronic disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Named after physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen, leprosy is primarily a granulomatous disease of the peripheral nerves and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract; skin lesions...
. Historically, a small north shore colony
Leper colony
A leper colony, leprosarium, or lazar house is a place to quarantine leprous people.-History:Leper colonies or houses became widespread in the Middle Ages, particularly in Europe and India, and often run by monastic orders...
on Molokai, Kalaupapa
Kalaupapa, Hawaii
Kalaupapa is a small unincorporated community on the island of Molokai in the U.S. state of Hawaii, within Kalawao County.The village is located on the Kalaupapa peninsula at the base of the highest sea cliffs in the world, dropping about into the Pacific Ocean.- Volcanic origin :Kalaupapa...
, was the place where sufferers of Hansen's Disease where forced into quarantine by the Hawaiian government, but there are no active cases of Hansen's Disease on Molokai today. Those who continue to live in the settlement are patients who chose to stay after the segregation policy was lifted in 1969.
The first European sailor to visit the island was Captain George Dixon in 1786.
Geography
Molokai is built from two distinct shield volcanoShield volcano
A shield volcano is a type of volcano usually built almost entirely of fluid lava flows. They are named for their large size and low profile, resembling a warrior's shield. This is caused by the highly fluid lava they erupt, which travels farther than lava erupted from more explosive volcanoes...
es known as East Molokai
Wailau
Wailau, also known as East Molokai Volcano, is an extinct shield volcano comprising the eastern two-thirds of the island of Molokai in the U.S. state of Hawaii.-Description:...
and the much smaller West Molokai
Mauna Loa (Molokai)
Mauna Loa, also known as West Molokai Volcano, is the name given to an extinct shield volcano comprising the western half of Molokai in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It was constructed in two volcanic phases...
. The highest point is Kamakou on East Molokai, at 4970 feet (1,514.9 m). East Molokai volcano, like the Koolau Range on Oahu
Oahu
Oahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...
, is today only what remains standing of the southern half of the original mountain. The northern half suffered a catastrophic collapse about 1.5 million years ago and now lies as a debris field scattered northward across the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
bottom, while what remains on the island are the highest sea cliffs in the world. Views of these sea cliffs are presented in the movie Jurassic Park III
Jurassic Park III
Jurassic Park III is a 2001 American science fiction film and the third of the Jurassic Park franchise. It is the only film in the series that is neither directed by Steven Spielberg nor based on a book by Michael Crichton, though numerous scenes in the movie were taken from Crichton's two books,...
. The south shore of Molokai boasts the longest fringing reef
Fringing reef
A fringing reef is one of the three main types of coral reefs recognized by most coral reef scientists. It is distinguished from the other two main types in that it has either an entirely shallow backreef zone or none at all...
in the U.S. and its holdings—nearly 25 miles (40.2 km) long.
Molokai is part of the state of Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
and located in Maui County
Maui County, Hawaii
-National protected areas:* Haleakala National Park* Kakahaia National Wildlife Refuge* Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge- Demographics :As of the 2000 Census, there were 128,094 people, 43,507 households, and 29,889 families residing in the county. The population density was 110 people per...
, except for the Kalaupapa peninsula
Kalaupapa, Hawaii
Kalaupapa is a small unincorporated community on the island of Molokai in the U.S. state of Hawaii, within Kalawao County.The village is located on the Kalaupapa peninsula at the base of the highest sea cliffs in the world, dropping about into the Pacific Ocean.- Volcanic origin :Kalaupapa...
, which is separately administered as Kalawao County
Kalawao County, Hawaii
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 147 people, 115 households, and 21 families residing in the county. The population density was 11 people per square mile . There were 172 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile...
. Maui County encompasses Maui
Maui
The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
, Lānai
Lanai
Lānai or Lanai is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is also known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The only town is Lānai City, a small settlement....
, and Kahoolawe
Kahoolawe
Kahoolawe is the smallest of the eight main volcanic islands in the Hawaiian Islands. Kahoolawe is located about seven miles southwest of Maui and also southeast of Lanai, and it is long by wide, with a total land area of . The highest point on Kahoolawe is the crater of Lua Makika at the...
in addition to Molokai. The largest town on the island is Kaunakakai
Kaunakakai, Hawaii
Kaunakakai is a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. It is the largest town on the island of Molokai. The population was 2,726 at the 2000 census. It is "twinned" with Embo in Scotland...
, which is one of two small ports on the island. Molokai Airport
Molokai Airport
Molokai Airport is a public airport located northwest of Kaunakakai, on the island of Molokai in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. It is the principal airport of the island.- Facilities and aircraft :...
is located on West Molokai. The United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
divides the island into three census tract
Census tract
A census tract, census area, or census district is a geographic region defined for the purpose of taking a census. Usually these coincide with the limits of cities, towns or other administrative areas and several tracts commonly exist within a county...
s: Census Tract 317 and Census Tract 318 of Maui County, Hawaii
Maui County, Hawaii
-National protected areas:* Haleakala National Park* Kakahaia National Wildlife Refuge* Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge- Demographics :As of the 2000 Census, there were 128,094 people, 43,507 households, and 29,889 families residing in the county. The population density was 110 people per...
, and Census Tract 319 of Kalawao County, Hawaii
Kalawao County, Hawaii
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 147 people, 115 households, and 21 families residing in the county. The population density was 11 people per square mile . There were 172 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile...
. The total 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
population of these was 7,404, living on a land area of 260.02 square miles (673.45 km²). Molokai is separated from Oahu on the west by the Kaiwi Channel, from Maui
Maui
The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
on the southeast by the Pailolo Channel, and from Lānai on the south by the Kalohi Channel.
Ecology
Molokai is split into two main geographical areas. The low western half is very dry and the soil is heavily denuded due to grazing by goatGoat
The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of...
s and poor land management practices. It lacks significant ground cover and virtually the entire section is covered in non-native kiawe (Prosopis pallida
Prosopis pallida
Prosopis pallida is a species of mesquite tree. It has the common names kiawe, huarango, and American carob, as well as "bayahonda" and "algarrobo blanco" . It is a thorny legume, native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, particularly drier areas near the coast...
) trees. One of the few natural areas remaining almost intact are the coastal dune
Dune
In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built by wind. Dunes occur in different forms and sizes, formed by interaction with the wind. Most kinds of dunes are longer on the windward side where the sand is pushed up the dune and have a shorter "slip face" in the lee of the wind...
s of Moomomi
Mo'omomi
Moomomi is a Nature Conservancy preserve located on the northwestern shore of Molakai in Hawaii. This area is dry and hot, primarily denuded of soil due to overgrazing and poor land use practices over the last 150 years....
, which are part of a Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy is a US charitable environmental organization that works to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive....
preserve.
The eastern half of the island is a high plateau
Plateau
In geology and earth science, a plateau , also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain. A highly eroded plateau is called a dissected plateau...
rising up to an elevation of 4900 ft (1,493.5 m) on Kamakou peak and includes the 2774 acre (11.2 km²; 4.3 sq mi) Molokai Forest Reserve. The eastern half is covered with lush wet forests that get over 300 in (7,620 mm) of rain per year. The high elevation forests are populated by native ōhia lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha
Metrosideros polymorpha
The ōhia lehua is a species of flowering evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that is endemic to the six largest islands of Hawaii. It is a highly variable tree, being tall in favorable situations, and much smaller when growing in boggy soils or on basalt...
) trees and an extremely diverse endemic flora and fauna in the understory
Understory
Understory is the term for the area of a forest which grows at the lowest height level below the forest canopy. Plants in the understory consist of a mixture of seedlings and saplings of canopy trees together with understory shrubs and herbs...
. Much of the summit area is protected by the Nature Conservancy's Kamakou and Pelekunu valley preserves. Below 4000 feet (1,219.2 m), the vegetation is dominated by exotic flora, including strawberry guava
Strawberry guava
Psidium cattleianum, named in honour of notable English horticulturist Sir William Cattley, commonly known as Cattley guava or Peruvian guava, is a small tree , bearing small red or yellow fruit, which are somewhat sour but sometimes eaten or made into jam...
(Psidium littorale), eucalyptus (Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...
spp.), and cypress (Cupressus
Cupressus
The genus Cupressus is one of several genera within the family Cupressaceae that have the common name cypress; for the others, see cypress. It is considered a polyphyletic group...
spp.). Introduced axis deer
Chital
The chital or cheetal , also known as chital deer, spotted deer or axis deer is a deer which commonly inhabits wooded regions of Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and in small numbers in Pakistan...
(Axis axis) and feral pigs (Sus scrofa) roam native forests, destroying native plants, expanding exotic plants through disturbance and distribution of their seeds, and threatening endemic insect
Insect
Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...
s. Near the summit of Kamakou is the unique Pepeopae
Pepeopae
Pēpēōpae is a bog on the island of Molokai in Hawaii.-Description:Pēpēōpae is located near the summit of Kamakou peak in eastern Molokai at an elevation of about at . Poorly draining acidic soil leaches of nutrients, rainfall that exceeds , cooler temperatures and high winds have resulted in a bog...
bog, where dwarf ōhia and other plants cover the soggy ground.
Molokai is home to a great number of endemic plant and animal species. However, many of its species, including the olomao (Myadestes lanaiensis), kākāwahie
Molokai Creeper
Paroreomyza flammea, commonly known as the Kākāwahie or Molokai Creeper, was a species of finch in the Hawaiian honeycreeper subfamily, Drepanidinae. It is extinct, but formerly occurred on the Hawaiian island of Molokai in Hawaii. It was long with clawed toes. This bird had the appearance of a...
(Paroreomyza flammea), and the Molokai Ōō (Moho bishopi) have become extinct
Extinction
In biology and ecology, extinction is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms , normally a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point...
. Molokai is home to a wingless fly among many other endemic insects.
Tourism
For years residents of Molokai have resisted attempts to dramatically increase tourism. Community members successfully opposed the development company Molokai Ranch's attempt to expand through the "Save La'au Point" movement. As a result, on March 24, 2008 what was then the island's largest employer decided to shut all operations including hotels, movie theater, restaurants, and golf course and dismissing 120 workers. Molokai has Hawaii's highest unemployment rate.National Geographic Traveler
National Geographic Traveler
National Geographic Traveler is a magazine published by the National Geographic Society in the United States. It was launched in 1984. Local-language editions of National Geographic Traveler are published in Armenia, Belgium/the Netherlands, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Latin America,...
magazine and the National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations conduct annual Destination Scorecard surveys, aided by George Washington University
George Washington University
The George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
. In 2007, a panel of 522 experts in sustainable tourism
Sustainable tourism
Sustainable tourism is tourism attempting to make a low impact on the environment and local culture, while helping to generate future employment for local people. The aim of sustainable tourism is to ensure that development brings a positive experience for local people, tourism companies and the...
and destination stewardship reviewed 111 selected human-inhabited island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
s and archipelago
Archipelago
An archipelago , sometimes called an island group, is a chain or cluster of islands. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek ἄρχι- – arkhi- and πέλαγος – pélagos through the Italian arcipelago...
s around the world. Molokai ranked 10th among the 111. The survey cited Molokai's pristine, breathtaking tropical landscape, environmental stewardship, rich and deep Hawaiian traditions (the island's mana
Mana
Mana is an indigenous Pacific islander concept of an impersonal force or quality that resides in people, animals, and inanimate objects. The word is a cognate in many Oceanic languages, including Melanesian, Polynesian, and Micronesian....
), and visitor-friendly culture.
The island of Hawaii
Hawaii (island)
The Island of Hawaii, also called the Big Island or Hawaii Island , is a volcanic island in the North Pacific Ocean...
, Kauai
Kauai
Kauai or Kauai, known as Tauai in the ancient Kaua'i dialect, is geologically the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands. With an area of , it is the fourth largest of the main islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, and the 21st largest island in the United States. Known also as the "Garden Isle",...
, Maui
Maui
The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...
and Oahu
Oahu
Oahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...
, ranked 50, 61, 81 and 104, respectively. Tahiti
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...
ranked 57.
Towns and villages
- KaunakakaiKaunakakai, HawaiiKaunakakai is a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. It is the largest town on the island of Molokai. The population was 2,726 at the 2000 census. It is "twinned" with Embo in Scotland...
- KualapuuKualapuu, HawaiiKualapuu is a census-designated place on the island of Molokai in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 1,936 at the 2000 census. Kualapuu can be literally translated as "hill overturned", but is thought to be a corruption of Puuuala: "sweet potato hill"...
- MaunaloaMaunaloa, HawaiiMaunaloa is a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States, in the western part of the island of Molokai. The population was 230 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Maunaloa is located at ....
- KalaupapaKalaupapa, HawaiiKalaupapa is a small unincorporated community on the island of Molokai in the U.S. state of Hawaii, within Kalawao County.The village is located on the Kalaupapa peninsula at the base of the highest sea cliffs in the world, dropping about into the Pacific Ocean.- Volcanic origin :Kalaupapa...
See also
- Alii Aimoku of MolokaiAlii Aimoku of MolokaiThe Alii Aimoku was the sovereign king or queen of one of the four main Hawaiian Islands. The monarchs of island Molokai, like those of the other Hawaiian islands, claim descent from Wakea...
- Father Damien of MolokaiFather DamienFather Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, SS.CC. , born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious order...
- Ke `Aupuni LokahiKe `Aupuni LokahiKe Aupuni Lokahi was a non-profit organization created to administer the United States Department of Agriculture's Enterprise Community Grant awarded to the Molokai, Hawaii community in 1998 for a span of 10 years...
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Hawaii#Molokai
Further reading
Oi Magazine]] |volume=11 |issue=2 |month=March |year=2007}} Article about traditional hulaHula
Hula is a dance form accompanied by chant or song . It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there. The hula dramatizes or portrays the words of the oli or mele in a visual dance form....
halau on Molokai
- Farber, Joseph M (1997) Ancient Hawaiian fishponds: can restoration succeed on Molokaʻi? Cornell University. ISBN 9780965978200. Article about Hawaiian limpetLimpetLimpet is a common name for a number of different kinds of saltwater and freshwater snails ; it is applied to those snails that have a simple shell which is more or less conical in shape, and either is not spirally coiled, or appears not to be coiled in the adult snails.The name limpet is most...
s, a traditional delicacy known locally as opihi.
External links
- Official Molokai Visitors Association website
- The Molokai Dispatch weekly print community newspaper.