Usage:
East Molokai Volcanics (HI*)
[Hawaiian spelling: East MolokaŹ»i (U.S. Board on Geographic Names, ca. 2000).]
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Principal reference section] (Kalaupapa section): cliffs south of Kalaupapa Peninsula [Lat. 21 deg. 11 min. 33 sec. N., Long. 156 deg. 59 min. 10 sec. W., Kaunakakai 7.5-min quadrangle, East Molokai Division, Maui Co.], Island of Molokai, HI (Beeson, 1976).
Named from East Molokai volcano, [East Molokai Division, Maui Co.], Island of Molokai, HI (Stearns, 1946).
AAPG geologic province:
Molokai
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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