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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.
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]
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.
The Hawaiʻi hotspot is a volcanic hotspot located near the namesake Hawaiian Islands, in the northern Pacific Ocean.One of the best known and intensively studied hotspots in the world, [1] [2] the Hawaii plume is responsible for the creation of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, a 6,200-kilometer (3,900 mi) mostly undersea volcanic mountain range.
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 .
View of Koʻolau Range from the top of the ridge, facing northwest. The large town of Kāneʻohe is visible in the center of the photo, located on the narrow coastal plain paralleling the range. The volcano is thought to have first erupted on the ocean floor more than 2.5 million years ago.
It is located along the southeastern shore of Hawaii Island. The volcano is between 210,000 and 280,000 years old and grew above sea level about 100,000 years ago. Since the islands were settled, it has been the most active of the five volcanoes that together form the island and among the most active volcanoes on Earth. The most recent eruption ...
ʻUpolu Point is the most northern point on the island of Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. [1] It is an extruding landform created by cooled lava from an old eruption from Kohala volcano.