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- A kīpuka is an area of land surrounded by one or more younger lava flows. A kīpuka forms when lava flows on either side of a hill, ridge, or older lava...
- form. Another Hawaiian English term derived from the Hawaiian language, a kīpuka denotes an elevated area such as a hill, ridge or old lava dome inside or...
- with the common names Zahlbruckner's melicope, Zahlbruckner's pelea, and kipuka piaula, is a species of tree in the family Rutaceae. It is endemic to the...
- also common at lower levels on the mountain. A po****r site is Kīpuka Puʻu Huluhulu, a kīpuka on Mauna Kea's flank that formed when lava flows isolated the...
- wet forests on all major islands as well as some mesic forests, such as Kipuka Puaulu. Cheirodendron ****ianum (Decaisne) Frodin (Marquesas Islands)...
- is Hawaiian for hairy hill (puʻu=hill and huluhulu=hairy). The cone is a kīpuka, which is an older volcanic hill covered with vegetation, surrounded by...
- Sveifluháls. The Ögmundarhraun lava field south of Krýsuvík includes some kīpukas, vegetation islands in the lava field, which can be reached by hiking trails...
- development of the TMT establishing a puʻuhonua (place of refuge) at the Kīpuka Puʻuhuluhulu. Kapu aloha is the code of conduct emplo**** by the community...
- built up by lava ejected through an opening in the crust of a lava flow Kīpuka – Area of land surrounded by one or more younger lava flows Lava – Molten...
- designed two-story bungalows arranged in the shape of a crescent, forming a kipuka. The "low-scale post-and-beam structures" of ancient Hawaiian villages influenced...