The West Maui Mountains or West Maui Volcano, the correct name as given by the native Hawaiian people is Mauna Kahalewai , which means "holding house of water," is approximately 1.7 million years old and forms a much eroded shield volcano that constitutes the western one-quarter of the Hawaiian Island of Maui. Since its last eruption approximately 320,000 years ago, the West Maui Mountains have undergone substantial stream erosion.
The three moku or districts of west Maui are L?haina, K??anapali, and Wailuku. Wailuku is also known as P??alikomohana, or N? Wai ?Eh? which means the four waters. The 4 waters are the ahupua?a (smaller land division than district), which are Waikap?, Wailuku, Wai?ehu, and Waihe?e.
The port of L?hain? lies on the southwestern slope.
The summit peak is called Pu?u Kukui, at 5,788 feet (1,764 m) elevation. Pu'u Kukui translates into "candlenut hill".
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Pu?u Kukui Watershed Preserve
Established in 1988, the Pu?u Kukui Preserve is the largest private nature preserve in the State of Hawaii. Since 1994, the 8,661-acre (35.05 km2) preserve has been managed by Maui Land & Pineapple Company in participation with The Nature Conservancy and the State Natural Area Partnership. These groups work together to protect the watershed lands of the West Maui mountain.
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Geological history
The West Maui Mountains were formed through at least three series of major volcanic eruptions during its shield building period. The mountains used to be over 13,000 feet high, but has collapsed and eroded down to a much smaller 5,100 feet. Rocks from the latest major shield-building eruptions are call the Honolua volcanics, which are roughly 500,000 years old. However, there were several re-juvenated stage eruptions more recently, the last dating to roughly 320,000 years ago.
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External links
- Pu?u Kukui Watershed Preserve
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