Puʻu ʻŌʻō

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Puʻu ʻŌʻō is a volcanic cone on the flank of Kīlauea in Hawaii, famous for its long-lived and highly active lava eruptions that reshaped the surrounding landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hawaiian volcano feature
cinder cone
volcanic cone
activityStatus no surface eruptive activity since 2018
associatedWith Episode 48 of Kīlauea eruption
Kupaianaha vent
collapseLinkedTo 2018 lower Puna eruption of Kīlauea
country United States of America
surface form: United States
destroyed Kalapana community (by lava flows)
Royal Gardens subdivision (by lava flows)
sections of Chain of Craters Road
elevationApprox ~720 m above sea level
eruptionDuration approximately 35 years
eruptionEndDate 2018-04-30
eruptionSeriesOf Kīlauea East Rift Zone
eruptionStartDate 1983-01-03
eruptionStyle Hawaiian
effusive
firstMajorEruptionYear 1983
gasEmissionType sulfur dioxide
geologicalAge Holocene
hazardType lava flows
tephra
volcanic gas emissions
knownFor extensive lava flows
highly active lava effusion
long-lived eruption
reshaping surrounding landscape
lavaComposition tholeiitic basalt
liesOn Kīlauea East Rift Zone
surface form: East Rift Zone of Kīlauea
locatedIn Hawaiʻi (island)
surface form: Hawaiʻi

Island of Hawaiʻi NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInRegion Puna District
locatedOnFlankOf Kīlauea
locatedOnVolcano Kīlauea
monitoredBy Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
United States Geological Survey
surface form: U.S. Geological Survey
namedAfter Hawaiian word "ʻōʻō" (Hawaiian honeycreeper)
nameLanguage Hawaiian
partOf Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park vicinity
partOfSystem Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
surface form: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain hotspot system
producedFeature lava fields in Puna
new coastal land
significantEventDate 2011-03-05 fissure eruption near Puʻu ʻŌʻō
2018-04-30 crater floor collapse
state Hawaii
surface form: Hawaiʻi
volcanoType basaltic shield volcano vent

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Kīlauea hasVent Puʻu ʻŌʻō