Usage:
West Molokai Volcanics*
Geologic age:
late Tertiary and Quaternary (Pliocene and Pleistocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
West Molokai Mountain (Mauna Loa) [Lat. 21 deg. 08 min. 09 sec. N., Long. 159 deg. 12 min. 59 sec. W., Ilio Point 7.5-min quadrangle], west part of Island of Molokai, HI (Macdonald and Davis, IN Avias, 1956).
AAPG geologic province:
Molokai
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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