Molokai - Geography, Culture, External links

area 670 km²/260 sq mi. Island of the US state of Hawaii, in Maui Co; Kalaupapa leper settlement (pop 130) on the N coast; cattle.

Molokaʻi

Nickname The Friendly Isle Population 7,404 (2000 census) Area 260.02 mile² (673.44 km²). Rank 5th Largest Hawaiian Island Highest Point Kamakou, 4,970 feet (1,515 m) Island flower Kukui

Molokaʻi (also Molokai) is the fifth largest island of the Hawaiian archipelago. The lights of Honolulu are visible at night from the west end of Molokaʻi, while nearby Lānaʻi and Maui are clearly visible from anywhere along the south shore of the Island.

Geography

Molokaʻi is built from two distinct volcanoes known as East Molokaʻi and the much smaller West Molokaʻi. The United States Census Bureau divides the island into three census tracts: Census Tract 317 and Census Tract 318 of Maui County, Hawaii, and Census Tract 319 of Kalawao County, Hawaii.

Molokaʻi is separated from Oʻahu on the west by the Kaiwi Channel, from Maui on the southeast by the Pailolo channel, and from Lanaʻi on the south by the Kalohi Channel.

Culture

Molokaʻi is known as the "Friendly Isle" and is one of the least developed of the main Hawaiian islands.

External links

Official Visitors Association website The Molokai Dispatch, local Molokaʻi print and electronic newspaper, http://www.themolokaidispatch.com Molokaʻi's Daily Newspaper Maʻa Hawaii, adventure tours operator with information about Molokaʻi's trails and North Shore