Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - Hawaii
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Jake39
N 19° 25.777 W 155° 15.427
5Q E 263006 N 2149918
This log is site specific to "MAUNA LOA" Earths largest volcano which is part of 'Hawaii Volcanoes National Park' rising to an elevation of 13,680 ft
The co-ordinates are at the park entrance and visitor center.
Waymark Code: WM1A9
Location: Hawaii, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2005
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Rising gradually to more than 4 km above sea level, Mauna Loa is the largest volcano on our planet. Its long submarine flanks descend to the sea floor an additional 5 km, and the sea floor in turn is depressed by Mauna Loa's great mass another 8 km.
This makes the volcano's summit about 17 km (56,000 ft) above its base! The enormous volcano covers half of the Island of Hawaii and by itself amounts to about 85 percent of all the other Hawaiian Islands combined.
Mauna Loa is among Earth's most active volcanoes, having erupted 33 times since its first well-documented historical eruption in 1843. Its most recent eruption was in 1984. Mauna Loa is certain to erupt again, and we carefully monitor the volcano for signs of unrest. See current activity for a summary of our monitoring efforts.
Above information gleaned from USGS & nps.gov information pages
For more on ...Hawai'i Volcano Observatory.CLICK ON THIS LINK.
'Geocaching' at the back of Pu'u O'o vent, a tough 2 hour/4 mile hike each way.
For the Pu`u O`o Vent Geocache shown in above photo click here
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