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The Geolens atlas

Explore the geography of a place.

Look closely at a landscape, find it on the map, and explore the processes that shaped it.

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Hawaii

Honolulu21.31°N 157.86°W

Tropical climate (Am)Hotspot
Hawaiian islands with greener windward slopes, drier leeward slopes and silvery sunglint on the Pacific.
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Terra MODIS, 27 May 2003. Northeasterly trade winds favour wetter, greener windward slopes; leeward slopes are drier. The bright ocean is sunglint.
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Climate at the reference point

Honolulu is classified as Am in the tropical climate family. Explore how temperature and rainfall define this pattern.

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Hotspots

Follow a moving plate over a volcanic source and see how an island chain can record its motion.

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Volcanoes

Compare magma and eruption styles to explain why volcanic landscapes take different forms.

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Compare today’s weather
About the climate and map data

Climate labels describe the marked reference point using the 1991–2020 Köppen–Geiger classification; climate can vary greatly within the surrounding country or region. Tectonic labels identify regional teaching examples.

Beck et al. climate data (CC BY 4.0) and Bird’s PB2002 plate model provide the scientific context.