世界の楽園ハワイ

モロカイ島は、ハンセン病の隔離施設があった島です。

Molokai is known as the long time residence of Father Damien de Veuster, a Belgian priest and canonized Roman Catholic saint who cared for sufferers of Hansen's Disease, also known as leprosy. Historically, a small north shore colony on Molokai, Kalaupapa, was a refuge for sufferers of Hansen's Disease, but there are no active cases of Hansen's Disease on Molokai today. Those who continue to live in the settlement are patients who chose to stay after the segregation policy was lifted in 1969.



モロカイ島は、二つの火山により東側と西側に区分されています。一番高い山は、
東モロカイのカマコウ（1510ｍ）です
Molokai is built from two distinct shield volcanoes known as East Molokai and the much smaller West Molokai. The highest point is Kamakou on East Molokai, at 4,970 feet (1,510 m). East Molokai volcano, like the Koolau Range on Oahu, is today only what remains standing of the southern half of the original mountain. The northern half suffered a catastrophic collapse about 1.5 million years ago and now lies as a debris field scattered northward across the Pacific Ocean bottom, while what remains on the island are the highest sea cliffs in the world. Views of these sea cliffs are presented in the movie Jurassic Park III. The south shore of Molokai boasts the longest fringing reef in the U.S. and its holdings　nearly 40 kilometres (25 mi) long.
　　


モロカイ島は、マウイ、ラナイ、カホラエと並びマウイの管理下にあります。
Molokai is part of the state of Hawaii and located in Maui County, except for the Kalaupapa peninsula, which is separately administered as Kalawao County. Maui County encompasses Maui, L?nai, and Kahoolawe in addition to Molokai. The largest town on the island is Kaunakakai, which is one of two small ports on the island. Molokai Airport is located on West Molokai.