East Molokai Volcano
| Wailau | |
|---|---|
| East Molokai Volcano | |
 Aerial photo of the southwestern flank of Wailau | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,210 m (3,970 ft) |
| Coordinates | 21°10′N 156°50′W / 21.17°N 156.83°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Molokai, USA |
| Parent range | Hawaiian Islands |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Shield volcano |
| Volcanic arc/belt | Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain |
Wailau, also known as East Molokai Volcano, is the name given to an extinct shield volcano comprising the eastern two-thirds of Molokai in the U.S. state of Hawaii. With a width of 70 km (43 mi) and a length of 150 km (93 mi), it is overlapped by the Mauna Loa, Lanai and Haleakala shield volcanoes. Its shield formation began two million years ago and ended 1.5 million years ago whereas its postshield eruptions occurred 1.5 to 1.3 million years ago. The pahoehoe shield volcano of the Kalaupapa peninsula postdates the main shield volcano of Wailau and is considered to represent the last volcanic phase of Wailau.[1]
Wailau was one of the seven principal volcanoes along with Mauna Loa, Lānaʻi, West Maui, East Maui, Penguin Bank and Kahoʻolawe that formerly constituted the island of Maui Nui.
References
- ^ Wood, Charles A. (2001). Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 328. ISBN 9780521438117. OCLC 27910629.
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