Poʻopoʻo

Poʻopoʻo
Aerial view of Poʻopoʻo off the coast of Lānaʻi
Waters	Pacific Ocean
Archipelago	Hawaii
Geographical location	20 ° 44 '7.1 "  N , 156 ° 55' 18.7"  W Coordinates: 20 ° 44 '7.1 "  N , 156 ° 55' 18.7"  W.
length	170 m
width	70 m
surface	0.8 ha
Highest elevation	18  m
Residents	uninhabited

Poʻopoʻo is a small, uninhabited island just off the south coast of Lānaʻi in the archipelago of Hawaii . Administratively, the island belongs to Maui County .

The up to 18 m high island with a striking plateau is about 170 m long, 70 m wide and has an area of ​​almost one hectare . Two species of seabirds breed on it: the Bulwer petrel ( Bulweria bulweri ) and the wedge-tailed shearwater ( Puffinus pacificus , Hawaiian : ʻuaʻu kani or hōʻio ). The introduced ciliate prickly grass ( Cenchrus ciliaris , also called "buffalo grass") has completely displaced indigenous and rare plants such as portulaca sclerocarpa , a type of purslane or Scaevola coriacea , a type of fan flower . Poopoo is, like many other small islands in Hawaii, a Hawaii State Seabird Sanctuary ( bird sanctuary ) and may not be entered.

Web links

• Poʻopoʻo in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
• Poʻopoʻo in the Offshore Islet Restoration Committee (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hōʻio in Hawaiian Dictionaries , ʻuaʻu kani in Hawaiian Dictionaries