Molokini, Hawaii

Molokini is a sickle formed, mostly submerged volcanic hole which structures a little islet found in Alalakeiki Channel between the islands of Maui and Kahoʻolawe, a piece of Maui County in Hawaiʻi. It has a zone of 23 sections of land (9.3 ha), a measurement of around 0.4 miles (0.6 km), is 49 meters (161 ft) at its most elevated point and is found around 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Makena State Park and south of Maʻalaea Bay. It is a prevalent visitor end of the line for scuba swooping, snuba and snorkeling. The islet is a Hawaiʻi State Seabird Sanctuary. 

In Hawaiian legend, Molokini was an excellent lady. She and Pele, the flame goddess, were enamored with the same man. The desirous Pele cut her adversary in two and changed her into stone. The lady's head is as far as anyone knows Puʻu Olai, the ash cone by Makena Beach. 

This is one of different legends including Molokini Crater. 

Potassium-argon dating by Yoshitomo Nishimitsu of Kyoto University shows that Molokini ejected roughly 230,000 years prior. 

Archeological confirmation, fundamentally as stone sinkers and baits, demonstrate that early Hawaiians went by Molokini to fish. They additionally likely collected seabirds, eggs and plumes. 

Amid World War II, the United States Navy utilized Molokini for target rehearse, as its shape is sort of like a warship. In 1975 and 1984, the Navy exploded set up unexploded weapons found inside the pit, bringing about the devastation of extensive ranges of coral. This brought about an open objection. An intensive pursuit and hazardous manual evacuation of unexploded weapons to profound water was completed by volunteer jumpers therefore. Too, a 2006 review discovered no proof of unexploded weapons on the islet. 

From the 1950s through the 1970s, business collecting of dark coral happened in Molokini. 

In 1977 Molokini islet, the pit, and the encompassing 77 sections of land (31 ha) of submerged territory were pronounced a Marine Life Conservation District (MLCD).