What will happen to Kauai in a million years?

We know Kauai will most likely disappear completely in 1-1.5 million years, Oahu will take place as the oldest Hawaiian island, Maui will continue to reshape its landscape (with Haleakala giving it's last show of bursting lava before losing its connection to the hot spot) and Big Island volcanoes will eventually finish ...



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Kauai is nicknamed the 'Garden Island'. The mountains surround the rainforests, basically blocking them off. Because of this, about 97% of Kauai's land is undeveloped. It is also pretty hard to access!

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Kaua'i consists of at least one extinct volcano, including shield—(5.6-5.0 million years old), rare postshield—(4.94 million years old) and abundant rejuvenated—(3.65 million to 500,000 years old) stage lava.

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However, Kauai is no longer an active volcano. The last eruption on Kauai occurred over 400,000 years ago, and the island has since been heavily eroded by wind and rain. While there are no active volcanoes on Kauai, there are still many reminders of the island's volcanic past.

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Who owns Kauai? After the State of Hawaii, who owns over 155,000 acres on Kauai, the Robinson Family is the second-largest landowner at over 55,000 acres (excluding their Niihau acres), and then Grove Farm is the third-largest landowner at over 30,000 acres.

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Kauai is a small island spreading about 600 square miles in size. One of its unique features is that over 75% of the island is uninhabitable and covered by mountains and rainforests.

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MOUNT WAIALEALE, Kauai — This legendary peak dominates the geography of Kauai, jutting to an altitude of 5,148 feet and constituting possibly the wettest place on Earth. Or possibly the second-wettest, after Mawsynram, a mountain in India.

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For example, between 1868 and 1933, only three major tsunamis impacted Kauai's shores with an average reccurrence interval of 22 yr. However, during the more active period between 1946 and 1964 five tsunamis had damaging impacts to Kauai at an average frequency of 3.5 yr.

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By midcentury the Southeast coast should get a foot to 14 inches of sea level rise and four sunny-day moderate floods a year, while the Northeast coast should get 10 inches to a foot of sea level rise and six moderate sunny-day floods a year.

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Issue. The island of Kauai in Hawaii is vulnerable to coastal hazards such as hurricanes, tsunamis, and erosion, and rising sea levels are expected to exacerbate these hazards. Kauai's general plan did not identify climate change and sea level rise as primary threats to existing coastal hazards.

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Location, location, locations. There are many wonderful locations on Kauai. Most of the most expensive homes on Kauai are located on Kauai's north (Kilauea and Princeville) or south shores (Poipu). Oftentimes near the ocean or overlooking the ocean.

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Their land on Kauai now totals 1,500 acres, which is more than what the government of Kauai owns (975 acres). In this new sale, Winfrey bought the 870 acres from Ulupalakua Ranch, one of the biggest cattle ranches on Maui.

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Some of the celebrities calling the Garden Island home, include Ben Stiller, Pierce Brosnan, Natalie Merchant and Bette Midler plus, the latest celebs include Lisa Ling and Richie Sambora.

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Since 1960 no major destructive tsunami has struck the islands from distant earthquakes. The 1964 Alaskan tsunami resulted in relatively minor damage in Hawaii.

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