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West Maui Mountains from Haleakala Summit, Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii

The West Maui Mountains or West Maui Volcano, known to the Hawaiians as Maui Komohana and to geologists as Mauna Kahalawai, forms a much eroded shield volcano that constitutes the western one-quarter of the Hawaiian Island of Maui.

 

The three moku or districts of west Maui are Lāhaina, Kāʻanapali, and Wailuku. Wailuku is also known as Pūʻalikomohana, or Nā Wai ʻEhā which means the four waters. The 4 waters are the ahupuaʻa (smaller land division than district), which are Waikapū, Wailuku, Waiʻehu, and Waiheʻe.

 

The port of Lāhainā lies on the southwestern slope.

 

The summit peak is called Puʻu Kukui, at 5,788 feet (1,764 m) elevation.

 

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Uploaded on November 20, 2005
Taken on December 25, 2003