Molokai ( gav. Molokaʻi ) - the fifth largest island of the Hawaiian archipelago . It has a length of 61 km and a width of 16 km. The area of the island is 673.4 km², which makes it the 27th largest island in the United States [1] .
| Molokai | |
|---|---|
| woof Molokaʻi | |
 Space image of the island | |
| Specifications | |
| Square | 673.4 km² |
| Highest point | 1512 m |
| Population | 7345 people (2010) |
| Population density | 10.91 person / km² |
| Location | |
| Archipelago | Hawaiian Islands |
| Water area | Pacific Ocean |
| A country |
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| State | Hawaii |
From the west, Molokai is separated from Oahu by the Kaivi Strait, 40 km wide, from the south it is separated from the Lanai Island by the Kalohi Strait. From the western end of Molokai, you can see the lights of Honolulu . The neighboring islands, Laui and Maui , are clearly visible from almost anywhere on the south coast of the island. Molokai is formed by the cones of two volcanoes: Vaialu (eastern) and Mauna Loa (western). The highest point of the island, Mount Kamakou on the eastern volcano, is 1512 m above sea level [2] . The eastern volcano today represents only the southern half of the original cone. The northern half was destroyed as a result of a catastrophic collapse about 1.5 million years ago; mountain fragments are scattered far to the north along the bottom of the Pacific Ocean [3] . The remainder of the northern half today represents the highest cliffs in the world [4] . The southern coast of the island boasts the longest fringing reef in the United States, its length reaches 40 km [5] .
Administratively, the island belongs to the district of Maui , with the exception of the Kalaupapa peninsula, which forms its own district - Kalawao . In addition to Molokai, the islands of Maui, Lanai and Kahoolava are also part of Maui County. The largest settlement on the island is the city of Kaunakakai . According to the 2000 census, the population of Molokai is 7,404 people [6] .
Notes
- 5 Table 5.08 - Land Area of Islands: 2000 . 2004 State of Hawaii Data Book . State of Hawaii (2004). The date of circulation is July 23, 2007. Archived February 29, 2012.
- ↑ Table 5.11 - Elevations of Major Summits . 2004 State of Hawaii Data Book . State of Hawaii (2004). The date of circulation is July 23, 2007. Archived February 29, 2012.
- Ai Hawaiian landslides have been catastrophic , Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
- Ll Culliney, John L. (2006) Islands in the Sea of Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 17
- ↑ Quantitative morphology of a fringing reef tract from a high-resolution laser bathymetry: Southern Molokai, Hawaii
- ↑ Census Tracts 317 and 318, Maui County; and Census Tract 319, Kalawao County United States Census Bureau (the inaccessible link is history ) .