GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Examples of shield volcanoes are Kilauea and Mauna Loa (and their Hawaiian friends), Fernandina (and its Galápagos friends), Karthala, Erta Ale, Tolbachik, Masaya, and many others. Here are 4 of the volcanoes that comprise the big island of Hawai’i. They are Mauna Kea (MK), Mauna Loa (ML), Hualalai (H), and Kohala (K).

Detailed explanation-2: -Mauna Kea, the highest peak on the Island of Hawai’i (4, 207.3 m, 13, 803 ft), is a shield volcano built upon the southern flank of Kohala Volcano’s eastern rift zone.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kīlauea Volcano is a shield volcano located on the eastern slope of Mauna Loa Volcano on the Island of Hawai’i. The volcano is considered to be in the shield-building stage of Hawaiian volcanism. The Island of Hawai’i with lava flows erupted in approximately the past 1, 000 years shown in red.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa are shield volcanoes. They are the world’s largest active volcanoes, rising over 9 km above the sea floor around the island of Hawai’i.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on the planet. Meaning “long mountain” in Hawaiian, it is the quintessential shield volcano in its shape-signified by broad, rounded slopes. The volcano makes up roughly 51% of Hawaiʻi Island and stands 13, 681 feet (4, 170 m) above sea level.