Mauna Loa is among Earth's most active volcanoes, having erupted 34 times since its first well-documented historical eruption in 1843. It has produced large, voluminous flows of basalt that have reached the ocean eight times since 1868.

2025年2月28日 · Mauna Loa, the world’s largest volcano, located on the south-central part of the island of Hawaii, U.S., and a part of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. One of the largest single mountains in the world, it rises to 13,677 feet above sea level and …

Mauna Loa (/ ˌmɔːnə ˈloʊ.ə, ˌmaʊnə -/, Hawaiian: [ˈmɐwnə ˈlowə]; lit. 'Long Mountain'[1]) is one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. Mauna Loa is Earth's largest active volcano [1] by both mass and volume.

2022年11月30日 · Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on the planet. Meaning "long mountain" in Hawaiian, it is the quintessential shield volcano in its shape— signified by broad, rounded slopes. The volcano makes up roughly 51% of Hawaiʻi Island and stands 13,681 feet (4,170 m) above sea level.

Background: Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on our planet and covers half of the Island of Hawaiʻi. Eruptions tend to produce voluminous, fast-moving lava flows that can impact communities on the east and west sides of the Island.

2023年11月27日 · Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on Earth. Mauna Loa is in the shield-building stage of Hawaiian volcanism, a period when the volcanoes grow most rapidly, adding as much as 95 percent of their ultimate volume.

2017年4月21日 · New eruption with lava flows and fountains during November-December 2022. Mauna Loa is a basaltic shield volcano that rises almost 9 km from the ocean floor in Hawaii. Flank eruptions typically occur from NE and SW rift zones, and from the …

2021年11月18日 · Mauna Loa is considered the world's largest active subaerial volcano that rises to 4,169m and has an estimated volume of 75,000 cubic kilometers. Mauna Loa is surrounded by the Kilauea volcano in the east, the Hualalai volcano in the northwest, and Mauna Kea in …

Mauna Loa, the world’s largest volcano, en-compasses more than half the Island of Hawai‘i and rises to 4,169 meters (13,679 feet) above the Pacific Ocean. A very active volcano, it has produced large, voluminous flows of basalt (very fluid, dark lava) that have reached the ocean eight times since 1868.

2018年5月13日 · Mauna Loa is one of Earth's most active volcanoes. Since 1843 it has erupted 33 times producting lavas that have covered over 800 km 2. The image at right shows Mauna Loa lava flows since 1832 (warm colors) overlain on a 3-d digital elevation model.