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Haleakala

American  
[hah-le-ah-kah-lah] / ˌhɑ lɛˌɑ kɑˈlɑ /

noun

  1. a dormant volcano in Hawaii, on the island of Maui. 10,032 feet (3,058 meters) above sea level.


Haleakala British  
/ ˌhɑːliːˌɑːkɑːˈlɑː /

noun

  1. a volcano in Hawaii, on E Maui island. Height: 3057 m (10 032 ft). Area of crater: 49 sq km (19 sq miles). Depth of crater: 829 m (2720 ft)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Things to note In the high country at the south end of Maui, Haleakala National Park’s popular Crater Road and summit area have been closed periodically because of nearby brushfires.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024

Ki’ope Raymond, president of Kilakila ’O Haleakala, said his organization has disagreed in the past that the military should even be on the mountain, but while they are there, they have to increase their vigilance.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2023

The same thing happens at Maui’s Haleakala, which last erupted about 250 years ago.

From Scientific American • Dec. 1, 2022

The glassy dwelling is perched several thousand feet up the slopes of the Haleakala volcano, with sweeping views of Maui’s northeast coastline in the distance.

From New York Times • May 26, 2018

The summit of Haleakala is a great extinct crater twenty miles in circumference, and nearly twenty-five hundred feet in depth.

From Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina by Westervelt, W. D.

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