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Kohala is 606 km 2 (234 sq mi) in area and 14,000 km 3 (3,400 cu mi) in volume, and thus constitutes just under 6% of the island of Hawaii. [1] Kohala is a shield volcano cut by multiple deep gorges, which are the product of thousands of years of erosion. Unlike the typical symmetry of other Hawaiian volcanoes, Kohala is shaped like a foot.
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 ...
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The Hawaiʻi hotspot is a volcanic hotspot located near the namesake Hawaiian Islands, in the northern Pacific Ocean.One of the best known and intensively studied hotspots in the world, [1] [2] the Hawaii plume is responsible for the creation of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, a 6,200-kilometer (3,900 mi) mostly undersea volcanic mountain range.
After the volcano becomes dormant, the forces of erosion gain control of the mountain. The volcano subsides into the oceanic crust due to its immense weight and loses elevation. Meanwhile, rain also erodes the volcano, creating deeply incised valleys. Coral reefs grow along the shoreline. The volcano becomes a skeleton of its former self. [4]
ʻUpolu Point is the most northern point on the island of Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. [1] It is an extruding landform created by cooled lava from an old eruption from Kohala volcano.
Kohala may refer to: Kohala (mountain) an extinct volcano of Hawaii; Kohala, Hawaii, two districts on the island of Hawaii; Kohala, Pakistan, a town in Pakistan Kohala Bridge, a bridge between Azad Kashmir and Pakistan; Kohala Hydropower Project Pakistan; Kohala, Jalandhar a village in Punjab, India; Kohala, Mysore, a village in Karnataka, India
Kohala (Hawaiian pronunciation:) is the name of the northwest peninsula of the island of Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Archipelago. In ancient Hawaii it was often ruled by an independent High Chief called the Aliʻi Nui. In modern times it is divided into two districts of Hawaii County: North Kohala and South Kohala.