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Kohala is 606 km 2 (234 sq mi) in area and 14,000 km 3 (3,400 cu mi) in volume, and thus constitutes just under 6% of the island of Hawaii. [1] Kohala is a shield volcano cut by multiple deep gorges, which are the product of thousands of years of erosion. Unlike the typical symmetry of other Hawaiian volcanoes, Kohala is shaped like a foot.
After hundreds of thousands of years of dormancy, Koʻolau volcano began to erupt again. Some thirty eruptions over the past 500,000 years or so have created many of the landmarks around eastern Oʻahu, such as Diamond Head, Koko Head (Hanauma Bay), Koko Crater, Punchbowl Crater, Tantalus, and Āliapaʻakai, and are collectively known as the Honolulu Volcanic Series, or simply Honolulu ...
The oldest volcano on the island, Kohala, is more than a million years old, [17] while Kīlauea, the youngest, is between 300,000 and 600,000 years of age. [16] Kamaʻehuakanaloa (the ruddy, reddish child of Kanaloa, [18] formerly Lōʻihi), on the island's flank, is younger and has yet to breach the surface. [19]
Puʻu ʻŌʻō (also spelled Pu‘u‘ō‘ō, and often written Puu Oo, pronounced [ˈpuʔu ˈʔoːʔoː], poo-oo-OH-oh) is a volcanic cone on the eastern rift zone of Kīlauea volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. The eruption that created Puʻu ʻŌʻō began on January 3, 1983, and continued nearly continuously until April 30, 2018, making it ...
Zone 9, consisting of the extinct volcano Kohala, is the area considered to be of the least hazard, since this area has not had any lava flows in thousands of years. Lava Hazard Zones in Puna are all Lava Hazard Zones 1, 2 and 3; the most dangerous according to the USGS .
Kohala (Hawaiian pronunciation:) is the name of the northwest peninsula of the island of Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Archipelago. In ancient Hawaii it was often ruled by an independent High Chief called the Aliʻi Nui. In modern times it is divided into two districts of Hawaii County: North Kohala and South Kohala.
Kohala may refer to: Kohala (mountain) an extinct volcano of Hawaii; Kohala, Hawaii, two districts on the island of Hawaii; Kohala, Pakistan, a town in Pakistan Kohala Bridge, a bridge between Azad Kashmir and Pakistan; Kohala Hydropower Project Pakistan; Kohala, Jalandhar a village in Punjab, India; Kohala, Mysore, a village in Karnataka, India
Mauna Kea (/ ˌ m ɔː n ə ˈ k eɪ ə, ˌ m aʊ n ə-/, [6] Hawaiian: [ˈmɐwnə ˈkɛjə]; abbreviation for Mauna a Wākea) [7] is a dormant shield volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi. [8] Its peak is 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft) above sea level, making it the highest point in Hawaii and the island with the second highest high point, behind New Guinea, the world's largest tropical island with ...