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Olokui is Molokai’s second highest peak after Kamakou, rising 4,602 feet on the divide between the Pelekunu and Wailau valleys as part of the extinct East Molokai shield volcano. Its rugged setting was shaped by East Molokai’s violent geologic past, including a catastrophic collapse about 1.4 million years ago that destroyed the mountain’s north side and much of the island’s northern half, leaving sea cliffs about 3,200 feet high. The summit holds a remote bog, and oral tradition remembers Olokui as a refuge for the people of Pelekunu village during a battle between islands. It remains an important summit within one of Hawaii’s starkest volcanic landscapes.
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