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Mauna Loa is a shield volcano with relatively gentle slopes, and a volume estimated at 18,000 cubic miles (75,000 km 3), [5] although its peak is about 125 feet (38 m) lower than that of its neighbor, Mauna Kea. [6]
The mountain rises 1,271 metres (4,170 ft) above sea level [1] and is frequently covered by snow, at times even in summer, and the lower slopes are thickly forested, but crisscrossed by many walking tracks and a few fire trails. [4] There is also a sealed narrow road to the summit, about 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Hobart central business district.
Hawaiʻi's volcanoes rise an average of 4,600 meters (15,000 ft) to reach sea level from their base. [2] The largest, Mauna Loa, is 4,169 meters (13,678 ft) high. [2] As shield volcanoes, they are built by accumulated lava flows, growing a few meters or feet at a time to form a broad and gently sloping shape. [2]
Sela Pass crosses a subrange of the Himalayas that separates Tawang District from the rest of India. [3] The pass is 4170 m (13,700 ft) high [4] [5] and is situated at a distance of 78 km from Tawang town and 340 km from Guwahati. [6]
The islands are about 1,860 miles (3,000 km) from the nearest continent and are part of the Polynesia subregion of Oceania. The U.S. state of Hawaii occupies the archipelago almost in its entirety (including the mostly uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands ), with the sole exception of Midway Atoll (a United States Minor Outlying Island ).
Pickens' finger gun proves costly. Pickens' second penalty took place on Pittsburgh's first possession of the second half. With the Steelers leading, 27-21, Pickens caught a deep ball from Wilson ...
Topographic relief is modest as the summit rises approximately 3,100 feet (940 meters) above Henson Creek in two miles (3.2 km). Access to the mountain is via the Alpine Loop Back Country Byway . The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names , [ 2 ] and has been recorded in publications since ...
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Dennis H. Reilley joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -17.6 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.