The Mauna Loa Volcano The Mauna Loa volcano is located in Hawaii and means "Long Mountain" in Hawaiian. It is a giant, basaltic shield volcano. It is one of the largest volcanoes and mountains in the world and has been called the "monarch of mountains". It has an estimated volume of 9,600 cubic miles and takes up half the land of Hawaii. It extends about 120 km starting from the southern tip of the island to the northern region. It is 97 km (60 miles) long, 48 km (30 miles) wide, and is 8,742
Mauna Loa: The Fiery Mountain Mauna Loa is Earth’s largest volcano and most massive mountain as it takes up nearly half of the flourishing landscape of the island of Hawai’i. This island is actually made up of five volcanoes, Kohala, Mauna Kea, Hualalai, Mauna Loa, and Kilauea, all in such close proximity that they fused together to form one whole island. Mauna Loa is located in the south central area of Hawai’i, in the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park and its coordinates are 19°5' N, 155°6' W. It
Mauna Loa is a beautiful volcano in Big Island, Hawaii that my family and I went to visit during a family trip in 2004. The best activity we did during our trip was when my family rode up Mauna Loa to watch the sunset. Mauna Loa is a very popular volcano but is more well-known for the sunrise (but you must wake up extremely early to see it.) My family does not really enjoy the morning so we decided to go for the sunset. Going up this volcano I had to conquer one of my biggest fears, which are heights
an active volcano. Hawaii is home to a chain of volcanoes. Although majority of Hawaii’s volcanoes are inactive, there’s a monster living the belly of Hawaii’s “Big Island” waiting to unleash any moment. Hawaii is home to Mauna Loa, Earth’s largest active volcano. Mauna Loa or “ Long Mountain” Covers almost half of Hawaii’s big islands. The Mountain is estimated to be about sixty miles long and thirty miles wide, it rises more than four kilometer above sea level and,
History of Hawaii’s Big Island “Hawaii’s Big Island” got that name to keep down confusion from the actual state name. The Big Island is bigger than all of the other Hawaiian islands put together. Hawaii’s Big Island is filled with Hawaiian temples from ancient days. You will be able to learn a lot of Hawaiian history here. Since the island is so large, it will take a long time to see everything. It’s best that your visits are separated into segments. The Big Island isn’t going anywhere, so they’ll
I. Summary This paper will provide information on the volcanoes of Hawaii, where it is known to be the home of one of the world’s largest volcanic islands, merely second to Iceland. It is not just the beautiful landscapes and wildlife that spark the interest to this particular area, but the uniqueness of the Hawaiian volcanoes and islands themselves are what make the area so significant. There will be information spanning from the history of the origin of the islands to how Hawaii must adjust
on the Big Island of Hawaii. Still active, there have been 34 eruptions since 1983. Kilauea is a shield volcano, meaning it covers a wide range of area, and has sloping sides. Kilauea is usually confused as being a smaller part to the neighboring Mauna Loa volcano, but it has it’s own lava flow system which makes it special to the Hawaiian islands. The history of eruptions from Kilauea is lengthy and the volcano’s name actually means, “spewing.” The oldest documented samples of lava date back almost
My topic of discussion is the black sand that one will find one the beautiful Hawaiian Islands. There are many different black beaches around the world. Since there are so many volcanoes, the state of Hawaii is always reshaping and creating more beautiful features. To people that have never seen black sand. They also fantasize about how beautiful the beach is. I myself, although I have never personally seen black sand, had the pleasure of talking with an individual that had. She vacationed with
The first place that came to my mind when I thought of a geology on Maui was the ʻĀhihi-Kīnaʻu Natural Area Reserve. Well, actually that is a lie, the first place that came to my mind was the top of Haleakalā but I did not plan on travelling all the way up there. However, as is most of the island, ʻĀhihi-Kīnaʻu is still closely related to the immense shield volcano Haleakalā. My visits to the reserve have been few in the past and they were usually prompted by distant family visits. Without the pressure
Mount Mazama was a stratovolcano in Klamath County, Oregon, until it destroyed itself. A stratovolcano is a volcano that has many layers. These layers are made of things such as pumice and hardened lava. The volcano was also a part of the Cascade Mountain Range. It is said that Mount Mazama started forming 420,000 years ago. The volcano started erupting more frequently and more violently 400,000 years ago, and stayed active for 70,000 years. Then one day 7,700 years ago, Mount Mazama had a huge
Washington, US, and the Mauna Loa shield volcano in Hawaii, US. These landforms have a eruption history of many colors. One has a great power in eruption, but another has a eruption that is quiet and gentle. In comparing these two volcanoes there are many likes, and dislikes, to consider. So the following
High Mountain Technologies (HMT) is an expanded research and manufacturing company that produces a wide range of innovative products based on patented technologies. Its corporate headquarters and research and design facility were located in Toronto. According to the situation illustrated in the case, there were two investment opportunities available to High Mountain technologies. With respect to its investment budget at $3 million, related to manufacture of GPS transmitters used by the parents to
most have been quiet for hundreds of thousands, even millions of years. Six Hawaii Island volcanoes coalesced, or joined, to form the Big Island: Mahukona Volcano, Kohala Volcano, Mauna Kea Volcano, Mauna Loa Volcano, Hualalai Volcano and Kilauea. While Kilauea may be the most famous of the Hawaii Island volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Hualalai are also active volcanoes. To be considered active, a volcano will have erupted at least once in the last 10,000 years, and there continues to be sufficient seismic
I recently read your article titled “Vodou Imagery, African-American Tradition and Cultural Transformation in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God.” Your article mentions how Zora Neal Hurston wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God while she was collecting folklore on Vodou in Haiti. You proceed to discuss the Haitian Vodou imagery present in the novel as well as the influence that it had. You claim that Hurston’s use of Haitian Vodou doesn’t signal a rejection of modernity, but rather an
Zora Neale Hurston, while living in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was researching voodoo on the most scholarly level. She was studying with Haiti’s most well known hougans and mambos, or priests and priestesses. At this time she was gathering knowledge about voodoo so she could write the text, Tell My Horse. Also, at this same time Hurston had finished writing, Their Eyes Were Watching God in only seven short weeks. A close reading of this novel provides the reader with a relationship between voodoo and
includes some of the earth’s largest mountains, rising from oceanic depths of greater than 18,000 feet to a height above sea level of nearly 14,000 feet. Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island are volcanic mountains with a total relief of 32,000 feet. The entire Island of Hawaii, with its five large volcanoes of Kahala, Mauna Kea, Hualalai, Mauna Loa, and kilauea, and Loihi, is less than 450,000 years old. Kauai and Niihau, at five million years, are the oldest of the main Islands (Kauai on line).
state of Arizona), 25 km high, and is rimmed by a 6 km high scarp. A caldera 80 km wide is located at the summit of Olympus Mons. To compare, the largest volcano on Earth is Mauna Loa. Mauna Loa is a shield volcano 10 km high and 120 km across. The volume of Olympus Mons is about one hundred times larger than that of Mauna Loa. In fact, the entire chain of Hawaiian islands would fit inside Olympus
Volcanoes Volcanoes are one of the most destructive yet fascinating geological land forms in our natural environment. They consist of a fissure in the earth's crust above which a cone of volcanic material has accumulated. The cone is formed by the deposition of molten or solid matter that flows from the interior of the earth through an indented vent, called a crater, which is found at the top of the cone. In this report I will discuss different states of volcanic activity, different
The most notable shield volcanoes in the world are the Hawaiian islands. The 8 main Hawaiian islands are composed of 15 shield volcanoes. The biggest of these volcanoes is Mauna Loa. Mauna Loa is also the largest active volcano in the world. It is 48.3 kilometers wide and 96.5 kilometers long and makes up half of the Big Island of Hawaii. In contrast to it’s massive horizontal size, the mountain is only about 9 kilometers tall
Imagine yourself feeling hopeless; you can smell the sulfur in the air, tickling the back of your throat. The ground rumbles and sways as if the Gods themselves are furious and want to unleash on this small city. Panic all around in the streets, women screaming, children running scared in the streets, men hopelessly trying to save their families from certain doom. This is what it would feel like if one lived in the Italian city of Pompeii in 79 A.D when Mt. Vesuvius had, perhaps the largest volcanic