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Hōlei Sea Arch

Constantly brutalized by unrelenting surf, the coastal section of Chain of Craters Road has sharply eroded lava-rock pali (cliffs). Visible from near the road's end, this ephemeral high rock arch is a dramatic landmark carved by crashing waves; the same waves that will destroy it entirely within a few hundred years. Go now.

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