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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 ...
The project protects and provides public access to South Maui's 15 mile leeward coastline. The project has installed interpretive signs between Maalaea and La Perouse Bay. Each sign describes the historic importance of the area in terms of Hawaiian cultural values and traditions. A network of bike paths is also planned.
Today, Kīhei-Mākena is the second largest tourism area on Maui with a population of more than 22,400, in a 10 miles (16 km) strip of urban/suburban development. With more people and the paving of the road to La Pérouse Bay/Keoneʻōʻio in the 1990s, the reserve and adjacent areas became an increasingly popular destination.
Cook never set foot on the island because he was unable to find a suitable landing. The first European to visit Maui was the French admiral Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, who landed on the shores of what is now known as La Perouse Bay on May 29, 1786.
Haleakalā, also known as East Maui Volcano, [5] was previously thought to have last erupted around 1790, based largely on comparisons of maps made during the voyages of La Perouse and George Vancouver. However, in 1999, the U.S. Geological Survey published in a column that radiocarbon dating indicated that the last eruption was more likely to ...
La Perouse Bay, site of his landing on Maui; La Perouse Bay (Easter Island) La Perouse, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, on the northern headland of Botany Bay; La Perouse Street, a main street in the suburb of Griffith in Canberra, Australia. There is a statue of La Perouse at the northern end of La Perouse Street at the Red Hill shopping centre.
Reeds Bay Park Hilo: Radio Bay Hilo: Keaukaha Beach Park Hilo: Onekahakaha Beach Park Hilo: James Kealoha Beach: Hilo Leleiwi Beach Park (Richardson) Lehia Park Hilo District: Pāpaʻi Keaʻau Honolulu Landing Nānāwale Park Kahuwai Kumukahi Kapoho Isaac Hale Beach Park: Puna District: MacKenzie State Recreation Area Puna District: Kehena ...
The French Frigate Shoals are also called Lalo as part of the marine nature reserve, and along with other islands are visited periodically for research. The highest point in the shoals is on La Perouse Pinnacle, which is a volcanic rock that rises 122 ft (37 m) above the surrounding lagoon. [1] [2]