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Moloaa Bay
Moloaʻa Bay is on the northeast shore on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The bay is long.〔(EPA - Beach Advisories And Online Notification )〕 The name comes from ''molo aa'' 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work= Hawai‛i Forest Reserve System web site )〕 Moloaʻa Bay had one of the highest runups in Kauai during the April 1, 1946 tsunami from the 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake. It experienced one of the highest wave amplitudes: .〔(Shoreline Modeling Segments in the Hawaiian Islands Critical for Regional Tsunami Evacuation Determinations )〕〔(April 1, 1946 Tsunami Amplitudes )〕 Some scenes in the Gilligan's Island pilot were filmed in Moloaʻa Bay.〔(Tour Gilligan's Island )〕 ==References==
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