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Koko Head (at 642 ft or 196 m) is an ancient tuff cone that is somewhat dwarfed by its neighboring tuff cone, Koko Crater, with its peak, Kohelepelepe (or Puʻu Mai), rising to 1208 ft or 368 m. Koko Head itself has three significant depressions or old vents, the largest of which forms the well-known Hanauma Bay.
Koko Crater is a part of the Honolulu Volcanics, which were craters that formed as vents of the Koʻolau Volcano during its rejuvenation stage. [1] Other notable landmarks within the Honolulu Volcanics include nearby Hanauma Bay and the well-known Diamond Head crater.
The Koko Crater Botanical Garden (60 acres) is a botanical garden located within the Koko Crater on the eastern end of Oahu, Hawaii. It was given the dual title of the Charles M. Wills Cactus Garden by the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation, in recognition of his contributions to the garden, in 1966.
A 40-year-old woman was taken to the hospital in serious, but stable, condition after she fell an estimated 10 feet while hiking the Koko Head Crater Trail in Hawaii Kai this morning. 1 /1 STAR ...
Mar. 2—City officials say they are moving forward with a project to remove the steel platform atop Koko Crater Stairs due to major safety concerns. The city said in response to the Kokonut ...
At Koko Crater and Diamond Head, the amount of water interacting with the developing volcano varied over the course of the eruption, as more water entered the vent when the eruption enlarged it. [130] Volcanic rocks of Honolulu Volcanics include agglomerates, breccia, breccia-tuffs, scoria bombs and tuffs. [111]
Honolulu firefighters rescued an injured man from the Koko Head Crater Trail in Hawaii Kai early this afternoon. The Honolulu Fire Department got the 911 call for the hiker in distress at 12:59 p ...
After hundreds of thousands of years of dormancy, Koʻolau volcano began to erupt again. Some thirty eruptions over the past 500,000 years or so have created many of the landmarks around eastern Oʻahu, such as Diamond Head, Koko Head (Hanauma Bay), Koko Crater, Punchbowl Crater, Tantalus, and Āliapaʻakai, and are collectively known as the Honolulu Volcanic Series, or simply Honolulu ...