Kilauea volcano Picture
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Kilauea is an active volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. It is one of five shield volcanoes that together form the Island of Hawai'i, USA. In Hawaiian, the word kilauea means "spewing" or "much spreading", in reference to the mountain's frequent outpouring of lava. It is presently the most active volcano and certainly the most visited active volcano on the planet.
Kilauea's geographical location is 19.452 North, 155.292 West. It lies against the southeast flank of much larger Mauna Loa volcano.
There were forty-five separate eruptions of Kilauea in the twentieth century. The current Kilauea eruption began in January 1983 along the East rift zone from Pu'u Oo-Kupa'ianaha and continues to produce lava flows that travel 11 to 12 km from these vents to the sea. This eruption has covered over 104 km of land on the southern flank of Kilauea and has built out into the sea 2 km of new land.
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