Kolekole Pass in the Waianae Mountains

Waiʻanae Range is the eroded remains of an ancient shield volcano that comprises the western half of the Hawaiian Island of Oʻahu. Its crest, at Kaʻala, is the highest peak on Oʻahu at 4,025 feet. Like the neighboring Koʻolau, the Waiʻanae Range is not a mountain range in the sense most people are familiar with, as the mountain range as a whole was creat…
Waiʻanae Range is the eroded remains of an ancient shield volcano that comprises the western half of the Hawaiian Island of Oʻahu. Its crest, at Kaʻala, is the highest peak on Oʻahu at 4,025 feet. Like the neighboring Koʻolau, the Waiʻanae Range is not a mountain range in the sense most people are familiar with, as the mountain range as a whole was created from a single volcano rather than plate tectonics.
  • Elevation: 4,025 ft (1,227 m)
  • Prominence: 4,025 ft (1,227 m)
  • Parent range: Hawaiian Islands
  • Topo map: USGS Kilohana (HI)
  • Rock age: 3.9 Ma
  • Mountain type: Extinct shield volcano
  • Volcanic arc/belt: Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain

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Data from: en.wikipedia.org