Mauna Loa
Mauna Loa is an active volcano in the Hawaiian Islands of the United States.
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| Elevation | 13,679 ft (4,169 m) |
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| Prominence | 7,079 ft (2,158 m) |
| Location | |
| Location | Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States |
| Geology | |
| Type | Shield volcano |
| Last eruption | 2022 |
Name
“Mauna Loa” is Hawaiian for “long mountain”.
Size
The volcano is at least 18,000 cubic miles (75,000 km3) in volume[1] and over 4 kilometers above sea level. Measured from its base on the ocean floor, it reaches above 8 kilometers, making it the tallest mountain on Earth,[2] but not the highest. That distinction is reserved for Mount Everest.
Measured from sea level Mauna Loa is 4,169 meters high.[3] It is also one of the largest volcanoes measuring 60 miles long and 30 miles wide.
The world's biggest volcano is named Mauna Loa in Hawaii. Mauna Loa is part of the five volcanoes on Hawaii's 'Big Island'. The most recent time this volcano erupted was in 1984.[4] It erupted 33 times in the last 170 years. Like all the other Hawaiian volcanoes, Mauna Loa was created by the movement of the Pacific tectonic plate which moved over the Hawaii hotspot in the Earth's mantle. It is a shield volcano. The largest recent eruption from Mauna Loa left a lava trail 51 kilometres (32 miles) long.
Mauna Loa Media
Mauna Loa from Hilo Bay, December 2017
Snow-covered Moku‘aweoweo caldera in 2016
Captured from Maunakea, this Image features a skyscape of Mauna Loa.
A view of Mauna Loa taken from a hill near The Onizuka Center for International Astronomy Visitor Information Station at the 9,300 ft (2,800 m) level of Mauna Kea.
A cinder cone and surrounding flows on Mauna Loa
Lava fountains and a'a channel flow from Mauna Loa, 1984
The Scottish botanist and naturalist Archibald Menzies was the first European to reach the summit of Mauna Loa, on his third attempt.
Sketch of Wilkes' campsite by ship's artist Alfred Thomas Agate
Sketch of Mokuʻāweoweo from Wilkes' journal
Climate chart for Mauna Loa
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References
- ↑ Kaye, G.D. (2002). "Using GIS to estimate the total volume of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii" in Geological Society of America. .
- ↑ "Mauna Loa". www.volcanodiscovery.com. Archived from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ↑ Kaye, G.D. "Using GIS to estimate the total volume of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii," Archived 2009-01-25 at the Wayback Machine Geological Society of America, 98th Annual Meeting; retrieved 2012-6-18.
- ↑ "Mauna Loa". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on November 8, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
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