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Mount Waiʻaleʻale /ˌwaɪˌɑːleɪˈɑːleɪ/ is a
shield volcano and the
second highest point on the
island of Kauaʻi in the
Hawaiian Islands. Its name literally...
- the island's
inactive central shield volcano,
Mount Waialeale.
Other peaks on
Kauai include:
Waialeale (5,148 feet),
Namolokama Mountain (4,421 feet), Kalalau...
- park, at an
elevation of 5,075 ft (1,547 m), is the Mt.
Waiʻaleʻale rain gauge. Mt.
Waiʻaleʻale is
often cited as the
wettest spot on earth,
although this...
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Island in some
winter months. Snow
rarely falls on Haleakalā.
Mount Waiʻaleʻale on Kauaʻi has the second-highest
average annual rainfall on Earth, about...
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marking the
start of the
theme park tour, was
built at the base of
Mount Waialeale. An
early scene, set at an
amber mine in the
Dominican Republic, was filmed...
- bogs, it is not a true swamp. It is
located on a
plateau near
Mount Waiʻaleʻale, one of the
wettest spots on Earth. Due to its
unique combination of...
- "USGS 220427159300201 1047.0 Mt.
Waialeale Rain Gage nr Lihue, Kauai, HI". USGS Real-time
rainfall data at
Waiʻaleʻale Raingauge.
Retrieved 2008-12-11...
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according to the
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
While the
summit of
Mount Waiʻaleʻale on
Kauai has long been
considered the
wettest place in the
Hawaiian Islands...
- warming,
leeward side
where a rain
shadow is observed. In Hawaii,
Mount Waiʻaleʻale, on the
island of Kauai, is
notable for its
extreme rainfall, as it is...
- The
Hawaiian schooner Waialeale (pronounced Wye-Ally-Ally)
operated in the
early 1900s as part of the
Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. She was
known colloquially...
