Mauna Loa

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Hawaiian volcano active volcano shield volcano stratovolcano complex

Mauna Loa is one of the world’s largest and most active shield volcanoes, dominating much of Hawaii’s Big Island.

Aliases (3)

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hawaiian volcano → active volcano → shield volcano → stratovolcano complex →
age	about 700,000 years →
approxVolume	about 75,000 km³ →
composition	tholeiitic basalt →
country	United States →
coversArea	over half of Island of Hawaiʻi →
elevation	13678 ft → 4169 m →
eruptionStyle	Hawaiian → effusive →
fedBy	Hawaii hotspot →
firstRecordedEruption	1843 →
geologicalAge	Pleistocene to Holocene →
governedBy	State of Hawaiʻi →
hasCrater	Mokuʻāweoweo caldera →
hasEruptionFrequency	every few decades in historical time →
hasFacility	Mauna Loa Observatory →
hasFeature	Northeast Rift Zone → Southwest Rift Zone → radial rift zones → summit caldera →
hasHazard	ground deformation → lava flows → tephra fall → volcanic gas emissions →
hasProtectedArea	Mauna Loa Forest Reserve →
isHigherThan	Mauna Kea’s base-to-summit height when measured by volume → Mount Rainier →
isImportantFor	global climate and CO₂ measurements →
isLargestBy	subaerial area among Earth’s volcanoes → volume among Earth’s volcanoes →
isOneOf	most active volcanoes on Earth →
languageOfName	Hawaiian →
lastEruption	2022 →
lastEruptionEndDate	2022-12-13 →
lastEruptionStartDate	2022-11-27 →
locatedIn	Hawaiʻi → Island of Hawaiʻi → United States →
locatedNear	Hilo, Hawaiʻi → Kona coast → Kīlauea →
locatedOn	Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain →
locatedOnPlate	Pacific Plate →
monitoredBy	Hawaiian Volcano Observatory → U.S. Geological Survey →
nameMeaning	Long Mountain →
nativeName	Mauna Loa →
observatoryTypeAtSummit	atmospheric monitoring station →
partOf	Hawaiian Islands → Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park →
prominence	2161 m →
tectonicSetting	intraplate hotspot volcano →
topographicIsolation	about 102 km →
tourismActivity	hiking → volcano viewing →
typicalLavaType	pāhoehoe lava → ʻāā lava →
volcanicArcOrBelt	Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain →
volcanoType	shield volcano →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mokuʻāweoweo caldera → Northeast Rift Zone →	associatedVolcano
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park → Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park ("Mauna Loa Summit") →	contains
Northeast Rift Zone → Southwest Rift Zone →	partOf
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park → Southwest Rift Zone →	volcano
Southwest Rift Zone →	associatedWithVolcano
Hawaiʻi (island) →	hasActiveVolcano
Mauna Loa ("Mauna Loa (Hawaiian)") →	hasNameInLanguage
Hawaii →	hasVolcano
Ultras of North America →	includesPeak
Mokuʻāweoweo caldera ("Mauna Loa volcano") →	isPartOf
Mokuʻāweoweo caldera →	isSummitCalderaOf
Kīlauea →	liesOnFlankOf
Mokuʻāweoweo caldera →	locatedOn
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory →	monitors
Mauna Loa →	nativeName
Mokuʻāweoweo caldera →	summitFeatureOf