What is Molokini?
'''Molokini''' is a [[crescent]]-shaped, submerged [[volcanic crater]] which forms a small islet located in ʻAlalākeiki Channel between the islands of [[Maui]] and [[Kahoolawe|Kaho{{okina}}olawe]] in [[Maui County]] in [[Hawaii|Hawai{{okina}}i]]. The islet has an area of {{convert|23|acre|ha|}}.<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=Molokini: Block 9000, Block Group 9, Census Tract 303.02, Maui County, Hawaii|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2011-07-08}}</ref> It is {{convert|161|ft|m|-1}} at its highest point,<ref name=cramp>{{cite web|url=http://cramp.wcc.hawaii.edu/LT_Montoring_files/lt_study_sites_Maui_Molokini.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924043534/http://cramp.wcc.hawaii.edu/LT_montoring_files/lt_study_sites_Maui_Molokini.htm|archivedate=2010-09-24|title=CRAMP Study Sites: Molokini Island, Island of Maui|work=Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program|publisher=University of Hawaii|accessdate=2010-11-28}}</ref> and is about {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} west of [[Makena State Park]] and south of [[Ma'alaea Bay|Ma{{okina}}alaea Bay]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Islands of Hawaii]]