Kīlauea

E17990

active volcano shield volcano

Kīlauea is one of the world’s most active shield volcanoes, located on Hawaii’s Big Island and renowned for its frequent eruptions and lava flows.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	active volcano → shield volcano →
associatedDeity	Pele →
country	United States →
formedBy	Hawaii hotspot →
hasApproximateAge	300000 to 600000 years →
hasContinuousActivitySince	early 19th century →
hasCrater	Halemaʻumaʻu Crater →
hasElevation	1247 meters → 4091 feet →
hasEruptionStyle	Hawaiian eruption → Strombolian eruption → effusive eruption →
hasGeologicSetting	Pacific Plate →
hasHazardType	ashfall → ground deformation → lava flows → volcanic gas emissions →
hasLastingEruption	1983–2018 Puʻu ʻŌʻō eruption →
hasLatitude	approximately 19.421° N →
hasLavaType	tholeiitic basalt →
hasLongitude	approximately 155.287° W →
hasMajorEruption	2018 lower Puna eruption → 2020–2021 summit eruption → 2021–2022 summit eruption → 2023 summit eruption →
hasMeaningOfName	“spewing” or “much spreading” in Hawaiian →
hasNativeNameLanguage	Hawaiian →
hasPrimaryRockType	basalt →
hasSummitCaldera	Kīlauea Caldera →
hasTectonicSetting	hotspot volcano →
hasVent	Halemaʻumaʻu → Puʻu ʻŌʻō →
hasVolcanicExplosivityIndexRange	VEI 0–4 →
hasVolcanoType	shield volcano →
isMonitoredBy	USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory →
isOneOf	world’s most active volcanoes →
isOnIsland	Hawaii Island →
isSacredTo	Native Hawaiians →
isTouristAttraction	yes →
isWithinProtectedArea	Hawaii Volcanoes National Park →
liesOnFlankOf	Mauna Loa →
locatedIn	Hawaii → Hawaii Island → United States →
partOf	Hawaii Volcanoes National Park → Hawaiian Islands → Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park → Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park ("Kīlauea Caldera") →	contains
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory → Mauna Loa →	locatedNear
Pele ("Kīlauea volcano") →	associatedWith
Hawaiʻi (island) →	hasActiveVolcano
Kīlauea ("1983–2018 Puʻu ʻŌʻō eruption") →	hasLastingEruption
Kīlauea ("Kīlauea Caldera") →	hasSummitCaldera
Hawaii →	hasVolcano
Puʻu ʻŌʻō →	locatedOnFlankOf
Puʻu ʻŌʻō →	locatedOnVolcano
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory →	monitors
Mauna Loa →	near
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park →	volcano