Editing Molokai (section)

==Geography==
[[File:East Molokai.jpg|thumb|left|Eastern Moloka{{okina}}i with a portion of [[Kamakou]] and Molokaʻi Forest Reserve]]
Moloka{{okina}}i developed from two distinct [[shield volcano]]es known as [[East Molokai Volcano|East Moloka{{okina}}i]] and the much smaller [[Mauna Loa (Molokai)|West Moloka{{okina}}i]]. The highest point is ''[[Kamakou]]''<ref name="ElevationRef">{{cite web |url=http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/info/economic/databook/db2004/section05.pdf |title=Table 5.11 – Elevations of Major Summits |work=2004 State of Hawaii Data Book |publisher=State of Hawaii |year=2004 |access-date=2007-07-23 |archive-date=2012-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201054628/http://hawaii.gov/dbedt/info/economic/databook/db2004/section05.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> on East Moloka{{okina}}i, at {{cvt|4970|ft|m}}. Today, East Moloka{{okina}}i volcano, like the [[Koolau Range|Koʻolau Range]] on [[Oahu|Oʻahu]], is what remains of the southern half of the original mountain. The northern half suffered a catastrophic collapse about 1.5 million years ago and now lies as a debris field scattered northward across the bottom of the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-Landslides.htm |title=Submarine volcanoes – MBARI |website=www.mbari.org |date=22 October 2015 |access-date=5 July 2008 |archive-date=27 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527191642/http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-Landslides.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> What remains of the volcano on the island include the highest [[sea cliff]]s in the world.<ref>Culliney, John L. (2006) ''Islands in a Far Sea: The Fate of Nature in Hawaii.'' Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 17.</ref> The south shore of Moloka{{okina}}i boasts the longest [[fringing reef]] in the U.S. and its holdings—nearly {{cvt|25|mi|km}} long.<ref>[http://bulletin.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/115/11/1344 "Quantitative morphology of a fringing reef tract from high-resolution laser bathymetry: Southern Molokaʻi, Hawaii"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122210726/http://bulletin.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/115/11/1344 |date=2009-01-22 }}, ''Bulletin – Geo Science World''</ref>

Moloka{{okina}}i is part of the state of [[Hawaii]] and located in [[Maui County, Hawaii]], except for the Kalaupapa Peninsula, which is separately administered as [[Kalawao County]]. Maui County encompasses Maui, [[Lanai]], and [[Kahoolawe]] in addition to Moloka{{okina}}i. The largest town on the island is [[Kaunakakai, Hawaii|Kaunakakai]], which is one of two small ports on the island. [[Molokai Airport]] is located on the central plains of Moloka{{okina}}i.

The [[United States Census Bureau]] divides the island into three [[census tract]]s, Census Tract 317 and Census Tract 318 of Maui County and Census Tract 319 of Kalawao County. The total [[United States Census, 2010|2010 census]] population of these was 7,345,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/economic/databook/2010-individual/01/010510.pdf |title=Resident Population of Islands 1960 to 2010 |access-date=2014-10-29 |archive-date=2014-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029083216/http://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/economic/databook/2010-individual/01/010510.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> living on a land area of {{cvt|260.02|sqmi|km2|2}}.<ref>[https://www.census.gov|b=50|l=en|t=4001|zf=0.0|ms=sel_00dec|dw=0.3235256323641746|dh=0.22787245954044197|dt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent|if=gif|cx=-156.97355919130274|cy=21.202197799643404|zl=5|pz=5|bo=318:317:316:314:313:323:319|bl=362:393:358:357:356:355:354|ft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331|fl=381:403:204:380:369:379:368|g=15000US060750604002&-PANEL_ID=p_dt_geo_map&-_lang=en&-geo_id=14000US15005031900&-geo_id=14000US15009031700&-geo_id=14000US15009031800&-CONTEXT=dt&-format=&-search_results=14000US15009031800&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U Census Tracts 317 and 318, Maui County; and Census Tract 319, Kalawao County] {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200216143623/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-show_geoid=Y&-tree_id=4001&-_caller=geoselect&-context=dt&-errMsg=&-all_geo_types=N&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-redoLog=true&-transpose=N&-search_map_config=%7Cb=50%7Cl=en%7Ct=4001%7Czf=0.0%7Cms=sel_00dec%7Cdw=0.3235256323641746%7Cdh=0.22787245954044197%7Cdt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent%7Cif=gif%7Ccx=-156.97355919130274%7Ccy=21.202197799643404%7Czl=5%7Cpz=5%7Cbo=318:317:316:314:313:323:319%7Cbl=362:393:358:357:356:355:354%7Cft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331%7Cfl=381:403:204:380:369:379:368%7Cg=15000US060750604002&-PANEL_ID=p_dt_geo_map&-_lang=en&-geo_id=14000US15005031900&-geo_id=14000US15009031700&-geo_id=14000US15009031800&-CONTEXT=dt&-format=&-search_results=14000US15009031800&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U |date=2020-02-16 }} United States Census Bureau</ref> Moloka{{okina}}i is separated from Oahu to the northwest by the [[Molokai Channel]], from Maui to the southeast by the [[Channels of the Hawaiian Islands#Pailolo Channel|Pailolo Channel]] and from Lanai to the south by the [[Kalohi Channel]].

The Kauhako Crater Lake is a [[soda lake]].<ref>{{cite book |last1= Kempe |first1= Stephan |last2= Kazmierczak |first2= Józef |date= January 2011 |chapter= Soda Lakes |editor= Joachim Reitner and Volker Thiel |title= Encyclopedia of Geobiology |pages= 824-829 (see p. 825) |doi= 10.1007/978-1-4020-9212-1_192 |chapter-url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299748191_Soda_Ocean_Hypothesis }}</ref>