Kilauea Sea Floor Map

Tiːlɐwˈwɛjə is an active shield volcano in the hawaiian islands that last erupted between 1983 and 2018.

Kilauea sea floor map.

Rising gradually to more than 4 km 2 5 mi above sea level hawaii s mauna loa is the largest active volcano on our planet. ˌ k ɪ l ə ˈ w eɪ ə kil ə way ə hawaiian. Historically kīlauea is the most active of the five volcanoes that together form the island of hawaiʻi located along the southeastern shore of the island the. Map a 60 mile wide swath of sea floor on a.

4 miles 6 4 km estimated walking time. The 2018 kilauea summit collapse also impacted a broader area of kilauea caldera. Its submarine flanks descend to the sea floor an additional 5 km 3 mi and the sea floor in turn is depressed by mauna loa s great mass another 8 km 5 mi. Before 2018 kilauea caldera floor was a mosaic of different aged lava flows 19th century flows that inundated much of the caldera floor mostly overlain by more recent flows from summit eruptions in 1918 19 1919 1921 1954 1971 1974 1975 and 1982.

3 874 feet 1 180 m above sea level descent ascent. Meanwhile toward the island s southeastern shore the ongoing eruption of kilauea continues. According to the u s. Geological survey mauna loa s peak rises roughly 4 km above sea level its flanks slope downward another 5 km to the ocean floor and then it is so massive it compresses the sea floor another 8 km.

The islands of the hawaiian chain are the tops of great mountains that rise as much as 29 000 feet from the sea floor. The hawaiian shield volcanoes are the largest mountains on earth mauna kea volcano rises 13 796 feet 4 205 meters above sea level but extends about 19 700 feet 6 000 meters below sea level to meet the deep ocean floor. Kilauea s average slope to the east is only 3 3 and the south slope from the summit to the ocean floor averages only 6 when the volcano is over the hotspot a plentiful supply of magma allows it to build a broad shield. Its total height is nearly 33 500 feet 10 211 meters considerably higher than the height of the tallest mountain on land mount everest chomolungma in.

ˌ k iː l aʊ ˈ eɪ ə keel ow ay ə us. Volcano hazards program glossary. Kīlauea iki overlook on crater rim drive recommended route is counterclockwise to your right from the overlook walking distance. Kilauea also called mount kilauea the world s most active volcanic mass located on the southeastern part of the island of hawaii hawaii state u s.

When it loses its supply of magma it dies and is eroded back to sea level. The central feature of hawaii volcanoes national park kilauea much spreading in hawaiian is an elongated dome built of lava eruptions from a central crater and from lines of craters extending along east and southwest rifts or fissures. Volcano hazards program usgs.