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Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is a national park of the United States located in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii. The park encompasses two active volcanoes: Kīlauea , one of the world's most active volcanoes, and Mauna Loa , the world's largest shield volcano.
The seamount is a submarine volcano, southwest of Molokaʻi. The submarine volcano used to be part of Maui Nui, a prehistoric island made from seven shield volcanoes. Koʻolau Range: Oʻahu <32,000 BP (possibly dormant) [n 3: 2.7 million [28]
Geologic map of the summit region of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai (Map). 1:24,000. Geologic Investigations Series I-2759. United States Geological Survey. 2003; Geologic map of the middle east rift geothermal subzone of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii (PDF) (Map) (1.0 ed.). 1:24,000. Geologic Investigations Series I-2614.
Hualālai is the third most active volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi, behind Kīlauea and Mauna Loa. Although the two larger volcanos have each erupted over 150 times in the last 1,000 years, Hualālai has done so only thrice. Activity seems to recur at the volcano every 200 to 300 years. [12]
By comparison, from sea floor to peak, Mauna Kea, on Hawaii's Big Island, is the tallest shield volcano on Earth, but it is nowhere near as massive as Pūhāhonu. Another volcano on the Big Island is Mauna Loa; a 2013 study estimates Mauna Loa's volume at 83,000 cubic kilometres (20,000 cu mi) which is believed to be an overestimate.
Faulted, eroded mountain range is the remnant of a shield volcano. Makalawena Marsh: June 1972 North Kona: Hawaiʻi: State Park Located in Kekaha Kai State Park, site supports endangered birds such as the Hawaiian stilt. Mauna Kea: November 1972 Saddle Road: Hawaiʻi: Federal & state land 11,000 foot mountain is the world's finest example of a ...
Haleakalā National Park is a national park of the United States located on the island of Maui, Hawaii.Named after Haleakalā, a dormant volcano within its boundaries, the park covers an area of 33,265 acres (52.0 sq mi; 134.6 km 2), [1] of which 24,719 acres (38.6 sq mi; 100.0 km 2) is a wilderness area. [3]
By traversing the desert, one can cross the Great Crack and the Southwest Rift Zone, a major fault zone that looks like a giant groove in the earth, before reaching Kīlauea Volcano. The area is part of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, but often is closed during periods of high volcanic activity, due to the potential for poisonous gas blown ...