Usage:
Kanapou Volcanics (HI*)
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: cliffs at Kanapou Bay [Lat. 20 deg. 33 min. 10 sec. N., Long. 156 deg. 32 min. 53 sec. W., Kahoolawe quadrangle] on east side of Island of Kahoolawe, HI (Stearns, 1946).
AAPG geologic province:
Kahoolawe
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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