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View of Koʻolau Range from the top of the ridge, facing northwest. The large town of Kāneʻohe is visible in the center of the photo, located on the narrow coastal plain paralleling the range. The volcano is thought to have first erupted on the ocean floor more than 2.5 million years ago.
The Nuʻuanu Pali has been a vital pass from ancient times to the present because it is a low, traversable section of the Koʻolau mountain range that connects the leeward side of the mountains, Honolulu to the windward side, Kailua and Kāneʻohe. The route drew settlers who formed villages in the area and populated Nuʻuanu Valley for a ...
Kualoa Regional Park is located at Kāneʻohe Bay, on the island of Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii.The park covers 153 acres (61.92 ha; 0.24 sq mi) across the road from the Pali-ku (cliffs) of the Koʻolau Range.
Map of Hawaii. Location: Oʻahu, Hawaii, United States: Nearest city: Kahaluu, Hawaii: ... The Refuge is located on the upper slopes of the northern Koʻolau Range, ...
Koʻolau Range Pali: Oahu: State & private land Faulted, eroded mountain range is the remnant of a shield volcano. Makalawena Marsh: June 1972 North Kona: Hawaiʻi: State Park Located in Kekaha Kai State Park, site supports endangered birds such as the Hawaiian stilt. Mauna Kea: November 1972 Saddle Road: Hawaiʻi: Federal & state land
The name Lāʻie is said to derive from two Hawaiian words: lau meaning "leaf", and ʻie referring to the ʻieʻie (red-spiked climbing screwpine, Freycinetia arborea), which wreaths forest trees of the uplands or mauka regions of the mountains of the Koʻolau Range behind the community of Lāʻie.
The dramatic elevation gain — which came after the pilot failed to make a turn following takeoff — likely prevented the plane from slamming into the Koʻolau mountain range on the island of ...
Before Koʻolau volcano was active, between 3.5 and 2.74 million years ago, Waiʻanae volcano formed the western part of Oʻahu. [71] Koʻolau volcano appears to be unrelated to the Honolulu Volcanics, [6] which are considered to be a separate volcanic system; [58] sometimes the "Kokohead Volcanics" are split off from the Honolulu Volcanics. [72]