Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

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International Biosphere Reserve World Heritage Site national park protected area

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is a U.S. national park on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi famed for its active volcanoes, Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, and its dramatic volcanic landscapes.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	0	6
Hawaiʻi National Park (former name)	0	1
Mauna Loa Forest Reserve	0	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	International Biosphere Reserve → World Heritage Site → national park → protected area →
area	approximately 1,308 square kilometers → approximately 323,431 acres →
biome	lava desert → subalpine shrubland → tropical rainforest →
contains	Chain of Craters Road → Crater Rim Drive → Halemaʻumaʻu Crater → Jaggar Museum site → Kīlauea → Kīlauea → surface form: Kīlauea Caldera Kīlauea Visitor Center → Mauna Loa → Mauna Loa → surface form: Mauna Loa Summit Volcano House →
continent	North America →
country	United States of America → surface form: United States
culturalSignificance	sacred sites in Native Hawaiian culture →
designation	Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park self-linksurface differs → surface form: Hawaiʻi National Park (former name)
ecosystemFeature	endemic bird species → endemic plant species → native Hawaiian forest →
elevationRange	sea level to over 13,000 feet → sea level to over 3,900 meters →
established	August 1, 1916 →
governingBody	National Park Service → surface form: U.S. National Park Service
hasVolcanoType	shield volcano →
IUCNCategory	II →
knownFor	active volcanoes → craters and calderas → geological research → lava flows → native Hawaiian ecosystems → volcanic landscapes →
locatedIn	Hawaiʻi (island) → surface form: Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi (island) → surface form: Island of Hawaiʻi Pacific Ocean →
locatedInTimeZone	Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time → surface form: Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone
managedBy	United States Department of the Interior → surface form: U.S. Department of the Interior
nearestCity	Hilo → surface form: Hilo, Hawaiʻi
nearestTown	Volcano, Hawaiʻi →
partOf	United States National Park System → surface form: National Park System
region	Hawaiʻi (island) → surface form: Island of Hawaiʻi (Big Island)
splitFrom	Haleakalā National Park →
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(viii) →
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear	1987 →
visitorActivities	backcountry camping → hiking → scenic driving → volcano viewing →
volcano	Kīlauea → Mauna Loa →

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory → collaboratesWith → Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park →

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park → designation → Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: Hawaiʻi National Park (former name)

Hawaii → hasNationalPark → Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park →

Hawaiʻi (island) → hasNationalPark → Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park →

Hawaiian Islands → hasProtectedArea → Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park →