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Actually the summit of a single volcanic dome, Kahoolawe’s terrain is a gentle slope with a ridge running diagonally across the island. The highest point is the 1477- foot Lua Makika at the northeastern part of the island, which is also the site of the caldera that formed the island. Kahoolawe is dry and arid, and receives just around 25 inches of rain annually, occurring mainly on the eastern side of the mountain. Little rain is due to low elevation of the land, which fails to generate enough precipitation
For the native Hawaiians, Kahoolawe is a sacred island, deeply rooted in history, culture, and religion. Called “Kanaloa” or “Kohemalamalama” in ancient times, the island was inhabited by several hundred Hawaiians of 50 generations for over a thousand years. These people who lived on settlements across the entire island, made their living mainly by fishing and farming. Others quarried for stone tools. Indications of these early times can be found in the carved petroglyphs, or drawings, in the flat surfaces