Usage:
Pololu Volcanics (HI*)
[Hawaiian spelling: Pololū (U.S. Board on Geographic Names, 2001).]
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: northwest wall of Pololu Valley, 5 mi southeast of Hawi [Lat. 20 deg. 12 min. 25 sec. N., Long. 155 deg. 44 min. 01 sec. W., Honokane 7.5-min quadrangle], Kohala Mountain, Island of Hawaii (Stearns and Macdonald, 1946).
AAPG geologic province:
Hawaii
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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