Where is Molokaʻi located?

Molokaʻi is located in the central Pacific Ocean as part of the Hawaiian Islands archipelago. Administratively, it is situated within both Maui and Kalawao counties in the state of Hawaii, United States.

What is the population of Molokaʻi?

The island has a population of 7,345 people.

Which counties govern Molokaʻi?

The island spans two counties: Maui County and Kalawao County. Both counties were established in 1905 and are part of the United States.

What are the geographic coordinates of Molokaʻi?

The island is located at a latitude of 21.135 and a longitude of -157.01.

What are the alternative names for Molokaʻi?

The island is also referred to by the aliases Molokai and Moloka'i.

What settlements are on Molokaʻi?

Kaunakakai is a census-designated place located on the island within Maui County.

Molokaʻi

island in Maui and Kalawao counties in Hawaii, United States

Landform Island Q193253

Molokaʻi — Earth Sciences and Image Analysis, NASA-Johnson Space Center · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

18 properties

Identity

Instance of: island, volcanic island^[6]
Native label: Molokai^[12]

Location

Country: United States^[4]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 21.135°, -157.010°
Located in or next to body of water: Pacific Ocean^[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Maui County, Kalawao County^[2]^[3]
Located in/on physical feature: Hawaii^[10]

Population and size

Area: +260^[15]
Elevation above sea level: +4961^[14]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 4,961 ft GeoNames 280 m edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Highest point: Kamakou^[9]
Length: +60^[13]
Population: +7345^[11]

More facts +6

Part of: Hawaiian Islands^[8]
Has use: leper colony
Capital: Kaunakakai^[7]
Official color: green^[18]
Perimeter: +171^[17]
Width: +16^[16]

🏷️ Also known as

en Molokaʻi en Molokai en Moloka'i ar مولوكاي da Moloka'i de Molokai de Moloka'i el Μολοκάι es Molokai fa مولوکای fi Moloka'i fr Molokaʻi fr Moloka'i he מולוקאי id Molokai ja モロカイ島 ko 몰로카이섬 nl Molokaï pl Molokai ru Молокаи

🔖 Identifiers · 35

VIAF cluster ID: 25144647635975543962
Library of Congress Authorities ID: sh85086620
GND ID: 4040012-8
ArchINFORM location ID: 46484
BabelNet ID: 00055587n
Britannica Kids scholars level article ID: 53274
Catholic Encyclopedia ID: 10444a
Dewey Decimal Classification: 2--96924
Domain name: molokai.hi.us
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: place/Molokai
Freebase ID: /m/01bn8z
GNIS Feature ID: 362468

Show all 35 identifiers +23

GeoNames ID: 5851218
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: 1008191
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: molokai
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0432013
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Molokai
INaturalist place ID: 50240
Interlingual Index ID: i84337
J9U entity ID: 987007541013005171
KBpedia ID: Molokai-IslandHawaii
Lex ID: Molokai
MusicBrainz area ID: 070fda34-2ac3-4369-afab-eef322ba719f
NDL Authority ID: 01059238
NL CR AUT ID: ge134372
OHDSI ID: 4074642
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 1082120
SVKKL authority ID: 0316037-Molokai-Havajske-ostrovy
Topic's main category: Category:Molokai
U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10036950
Wellcome Collection concept ID: qswebz4k
WikiKids ID: Molokai
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Island", "Molokai"]
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 09102798-n
Yale LUX ID: place/672c4d60-0da3-4879-b7a0-9e9172acf8ff

📚 Sources · 1

GND (DNB) as of 2026-09-30 · 1 statement · CC0 1.0 DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.

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Edition: 20260930 · as of 2026-09-30 · newer edition 20261105 landed
Licence: CC0 1.0
Credit: DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
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🔗 Connections

← Located in/on physical feature 13

Kalawao County, Kaunakakai, Maunaloa, Kualapuu, Oloʻupena Falls, ʻUalapuʻe, Kalaupapa Airport, Kalawao +5 more

← Endemic to 12

Hillebrandia sandwicensis, Orsonwelles macbeth, Orsonwelles othello, Vaccinium reticulatum, Havaika beattyi, Anoectochilus sandvicensis, Carex montis-eeka, Antidesma pulvinatum +4 more

← Taxon range 3

Heteropogon contortus, Gossypium tomentosum, Hibiscus arnottianus

Located in the administrative territorial entity 2

Maui County, Kalawao County

People who died here 2

Randy California, Bob Johnson

Belongs to 1

Hawaiian Islands

Capital 1

Kaunakakai

Category of associated people 1

Category:People from Molokai

Country 1

United States

Has use 1

leper colony

Highest point 1

Kamakou

Instance of 1

island

Located in or next to body of water 1

Pacific Ocean

Located in this place 1

Ocean's seven

Located in time zone 1

UTC−10:00

Located in/on physical feature 1

Hawaii

Official color 1

green

Part of 1

Hawaiian Islands

Topic's main category 1

Category:Molokai

← Capital of 1

Kaunakakai

← Category combines topics 1

Category:People from Molokai

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Molokai

← Work location 1

Linda Lingle

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Molokaʻi is an island located in the United States^[1]. Its capital is Kaunakakai. The landform has an area of 260 and reaches an elevation of 5.0k. It operates within the UTC−10:00 time zone.

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[4] ↑ Molokaʻi — country (P17): United States. archINFORM. Retrieved 2018-08-06. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Molokaʻi — instance of (P31): volcanic island. Classifying Pacific islands. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Molokaʻi — capital (P36): Kaunakakai. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Molokaʻi — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Maui County. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Molokaʻi — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Kalawao County. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Molokaʻi — located in or next to body of water (P206): Pacific Ocean. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Molokaʻi — part of (P361): Hawaiian Islands. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Molokaʻi — highest point (P610): Kamakou. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Molokaʻi — located in/on physical feature (P706): Hawaii. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Molokaʻi — population (P1082): 7345. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Molokaʻi — native label (P1705): Molokai. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Molokaʻi — length (P2043): 60 km. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Molokaʻi — elevation above sea level (P2044): 4961 feet. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Molokaʻi — area (P2046): 260 square mile. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Molokaʻi — width (P2049): 16 km. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Molokaʻi — perimeter (P2547): 171 km. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Molokaʻi — official color (P6364): green. capitol.hawaii.gov. capitol.hawaii.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Molokaʻi is an instance of island (Q23442) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

4w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Located in time zone → —

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #58669: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
22w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → 0316037-Molokai-Havajske-ostrovy

"Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0316037-Molokai-Havajske-ostrovy, batch #259494"
23w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Domain name → molokai.hi.us

"Created claim: Domain name: molokai.hi.us"
27w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["Island", "Molokai"]

"Created claim: Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Island", "Molokai"], batch #257262"
28w ago · ToscaHardy · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Instance of → island, volcanic island

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #29481"

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