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Quilotoa (Spanish pronunciation:) is a water-filled crater lake and the most western volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes.The 3-kilometre (2 mi)-wide caldera was formed by the collapse of this dacite volcano following a catastrophic VEI-6 eruption about 800 years ago, which produced pyroclastic flows and lahars that reached the Pacific Ocean, and spread an airborne deposit of volcanic ash ...
Maunaloa (Hawaiian pronunciation: [mɐwnəˈlowə]) or Mauna Loa [2] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County, Hawaiʻi, United States, in the western part of the island of Molokai. The population was 435 at the 2020 census.
Maui County (Hawaiian: Kalana ʻo Maui), officially the County of Maui, is a county in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It consists of the islands of Maui, Lānaʻi, Molokaʻi (except for a portion of Molokaʻi that comprises Kalawao County), Kahoʻolawe, and Molokini. The latter two are uninhabited. As of the 2020 census, the population was 164,754. [2]
Wailuku is a census-designated place (CDP) in and county seat [2] of Maui Island, Maui County, Hawaii, United States.The population was 17,697 at the 2020 census.. Wailuku is located just west of Kahului, at the mouth of the Iao Valley.
The Puʻu Kukui Preserve is the largest private nature preserve in the State of Hawaii, dedicated to protecting the watershed lands of the West Maui Mountains. Established in 1988, the 8,661-acre (35.05 km 2 ) preserve has been managed since 1994 by Maui Land & Pineapple Company in participation with The Nature Conservancy and the State Natural ...
Dec. 1—In October 2023, 734, 582 tourists visited Hawaii, down 3.2 % from October 2022 and off 7.7 % from the pre-pandemic October 2019. The Hawaii Tourism Authority is seeking public input on a ...
The bay is the site of Maui's most recent volcanic activity, about 500 years ago. [2] The rounded peninsula that dominates the northern half of the bay and extends up the coast a short distance was formed about 900,000 years ago by an eruption of basaltic lava that originated in the southernmost landward expression of the Haleakalā Southwest ...
Aug. 12—Editors' Note: Please bookmark this page. This breaking news story will be updated as soon as more information becomes available. ---- UPDATE: 10 a.m. FEMA officials said today the ...