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The park was originally established on August 1, 1916, as Hawaii National Park, which was then split into this park and Haleakalā National Park. In recognition of its outstanding natural values, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park was designated as an International Biosphere Reserve in 1980 and a World Heritage Site in 1987. [3]
Like all Hawaiian volcanoes, Mauna Loa was created as the Pacific tectonic plate moved over the Hawaii hotspot in the Earth's underlying mantle. [10] The Hawaii island volcanoes are the most recent evidence of this process that, over 70 million years, has created the 3,700 mi (6,000 km)-long Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain. [11]
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 ...
From the closed area of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists documented the new eruption within Kalupele that started this morning at ...
The Kilauea volcano inside of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is currently erupting in a remote and closed area of the park.. According to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, the eruption started ...
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is more than 355,000 acres in size,” she said “And the park runs from sea level at the Pacific Ocean – where these lava rock cliffs dramatically drop into the ...
Punaluʻu Beach (also called Black Sand Beach) is a beach between Pāhala and Nāʻālehu on the Big Island of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The beach has black sand made of basalt and created by lava flowing into the ocean which explodes as it reaches the ocean and cools. This volcanic activity is in the Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.
Potassium-argon dating indicates that the volcano last erupted about 120,000 years ago in the late Pleistocene. [1] [9] Kohala is currently in transition between the postshield and erosional Hawaiian volcanic stages in the life cycle of Hawaiian volcanoes. [5] The United States Geological Survey has assessed the extinct Kohala as a low-risk area.