About: Moloaa Bay

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Moloaʻa Bay is on the northeast shore on the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaii. The bay is 0.44 miles (710 m) long. The name comes from molo aʻa in the Hawaiian language which means "matted roots". Paper Mulberry trees (Broussonetia papyrifera, or wauke in Hawaiian) once grew so thickly that the roots were interwoven. The Moloaʻa Stream empties into the north end of a beach which is backed by high cliffs.Uphill from the bay is the Moloaʻa State Forest Reserve. Some scenes in the Gilligan's Island pilot were filmed in Moloaʻa Bay.

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  • Moloaʻa Bay is on the northeast shore on the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaii. The bay is 0.44 miles (710 m) long. The name comes from molo aʻa in the Hawaiian language which means "matted roots". Paper Mulberry trees (Broussonetia papyrifera, or wauke in Hawaiian) once grew so thickly that the roots were interwoven. The Moloaʻa Stream empties into the north end of a beach which is backed by high cliffs.Uphill from the bay is the Moloaʻa State Forest Reserve. Moloaʻa Bay had one of the highest runups in Kauaʻi during the April 1, 1946 tsunami from the 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake. It experienced one of the highest wave amplitudes: 11.5 meters (38 ft). Some scenes in the Gilligan's Island pilot were filmed in Moloaʻa Bay. (en)
  • La baia di Moloaʻa è una piccola insenatura della costa nord-orientale dell'isola di Kauai nell'arcipelago delle Hawaii. Le misurazioni avvenute nella baia hanno rivelato che le onde dello tsunami causato dal sono state tra le più alte tra quelle misurate sull'isola di Kauai; la loro ampiezza raggiunse infatti gli 11,5 metri. (it)
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  • La baia di Moloaʻa è una piccola insenatura della costa nord-orientale dell'isola di Kauai nell'arcipelago delle Hawaii. Le misurazioni avvenute nella baia hanno rivelato che le onde dello tsunami causato dal sono state tra le più alte tra quelle misurate sull'isola di Kauai; la loro ampiezza raggiunse infatti gli 11,5 metri. (it)
  • Moloaʻa Bay is on the northeast shore on the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaii. The bay is 0.44 miles (710 m) long. The name comes from molo aʻa in the Hawaiian language which means "matted roots". Paper Mulberry trees (Broussonetia papyrifera, or wauke in Hawaiian) once grew so thickly that the roots were interwoven. The Moloaʻa Stream empties into the north end of a beach which is backed by high cliffs.Uphill from the bay is the Moloaʻa State Forest Reserve. Some scenes in the Gilligan's Island pilot were filmed in Moloaʻa Bay. (en)
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  • Baia di Moloaa (it)
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