Kaʻala

Ka'ala
Plateau at the summit of Mount Kaʻala
Elevation	4,025 ft (1,227 m)[1]
Prominence	4,025 ft (1,227 m)
Pronunciation	Hawaiian pronunciation: [kəˈʔɐlə]
Location
Ka'ala Hawaiian Islands
Location	Oahu, Hawaii, US
Range	Waianae Range
Coordinates	21°30′25″N 158°08′34″W / 21.50694°N 158.14278°W / 21.50694; -158.14278Coordinates: 21°30′25″N 158°08′34″W / 21.50694°N 158.14278°W / 21.50694; -158.14278[2]
Topo map	USGS Haleiwa
Geology
Type	Plateau
Age of rock	3.9 Ma
Volcanic arc/belt	Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain

Hāpuʻu ʻiʻi, Hawaiian tree fern (Cibotium menziesii) at Mount Kaʻala, Oʻahu. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and the uncoiled fronds (fiddles) are eaten boiled. The starchy core of the ferns was considered a famine food or used as pig feed. It was prepared by peeling the young fronds or placing the entire trunk with the starchy center in an ʻimu or volcanic steam vents. A saying was "He hāpuʻu ka ʻai he ai make" (If the hāpuʻu is the food, it is the food of death)

Mount Kaʻala or Kaʻala (pronounced [kəˈʔɐlə] in Hawaiian) is the highest mountain on the island of Oahu, at 4,025 feet (1,227 m). It is a part of the Waianae Range, an eroded shield volcano which is located on the west side of the island. The FAA maintains an active tracking station at the summit, which is closed to the general public and secured by the US Army which is stationed just on the base of the mountain, at Schofield Barracks. The tracking station can be clearly seen from afar as a white domed shaped structure.

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