Kauhakō Crater
Kauhakō Crater is a volcanic crater located in Kalawao County, Hawaii, United States. The crater was formed between 230,000 and 300,000 years ago, as the result of the eruption of volcano Pu'u' 'Uao.Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us.
- Type: Crater
- Description: crater in Hawaii, United States
- Also known as: “Kauhako ‘Alau Crater” and “Kauhako Crater”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kalaupapa National Historical Park and Kalaupapa Airport.
Kalaupapa National Historical Park
Photo: Djzanni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kalaupapa National Historical Park is on Molokai in Hawaii of the United States of America. Kalaupapa National Historical Park was established on 22 Dec 1980.
Kalaupapa Airport
Aerodrome
Kalaupapa Airport is a regional public use airport of the state of Hawaii, located on the northern peninsula of the island of Molokaʻi, two nautical miles north of Kalaupapa Settlement, in Kalawao County. Kalaupapa Airport is situated 2½ km north of Kauhakō Crater.
Molokaʻi Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Molokai Light, also known as U.S. Coast Guard Molokai Light, is a lighthouse in Kalawao County, Hawaii, on the island of Molokai. It was built in 1909 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kalaupapa and Kualapuʻu.
Kalaupapa
Village
Photo: Sanba38, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Kalaupapa is a small unincorporated community and Hawaiian home land on the island of Molokaʻi, within Kalawao County in the U.S. state of Hawaii. In 1866, during the reign of Kamehameha V, the Hawaii legislature passed a law that resulted in the designation…
Kualapuʻu
Village
Photo: Sanba38, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kualapuʻu is a census-designated place on the island of Molokai in Maui County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 2,110 at the 2020 census. Kualapuʻu can be literally translated as "hill overturned", but is thought to be a corruption of Puʻuʻuala: "sweet potato hill". Kualapuʻu is situated 8 km southwest of Kauhakō Crater.
Kauhakō Crater
- Category: landform
- Location: Maui County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Italian—“Kauhakō Crater” goes by many names.
- French: “cratère Kauhakō”
- French: “Cratère Kauhakō”
- Italian: “Cratere di Kauhakō”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Pu‘u‘uao and Kalaupapa Peninsula.
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