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The eastern half of the island is a high plateau rising up to an elevation of 4,900 ft (1,500 m) on Kamakou peak and includes the 2,774 acres (11.23 km 2; 4.334 sq mi) Molokai Forest Reserve. [15] The eastern half is covered with lush wet forests that get more than 300 in (7,600 mm) of rain per year.
List of islands with highest point by elevation. Rank Island Highest point Height Area (km 2) average slope [1] Country or region ... Molokai: Kamakou: 1512 m
Kamakou is located within the 2,774-acre (11.23 km 2; 4.334 sq mi) Molokai Forest Reserve, [3] estimated to contain more than 250 rare native Hawaiian plants, many of which exist only in this part of the world. [4] Rare birds can also be found, with two examples being the olomaʻo (Molokai thrush) and kākāwahie (Molokai creeper).
Olokui is the second highest peak on the island of Molokai, surpassed by only Kamakou. At 4,602 feet (1,403 m), it marks the divide between the Pelekunu and Wailau valleys. It is part of the extinct East Molokai shield volcano, which comprises the east side of the island. [2]
East Molokai was one of the seven principal volcanoes, along with West Molokai, Lānaʻi, West Maui, East Maui, Penguin Bank and Kahoʻolawe, that formerly constituted the island of Maui Nui. The highest point is the peak called Kamakou on the southern rim, at 21°6′23″N 156°52′5″W / 21.10639°N 156.86806°W / 21.10639 ...
West Molokai overlaps the western flank of East Molokai Volcano, a much larger shield volcano comprising two-thirds of Molokai. Two distinct rift zones are present on the western flank of the volcano, forming a v shape. A third rift zone possibly extended eastward towards the modern day East Molokai Volcano. A collapse occurred around ...
The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings. [2] [1] The second table below ranks the 13 major summits of Hawaiʻi by topographic prominence. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation. [3]
Oloʻupena Falls, or Oloupena Falls, is a waterfall located in the north-eastern part of Hawaiian Island of Molokai, and is unofficially cited as the fourth highest waterfall in the world, [1] and the highest in the United States.