Sunday, February 13, 2011

Names of the volcanoes on Hawaii that are active,dormant and extinct.

Volcanoes of Hawaii.

Active volcanoes 
  • Kilauea Volcano 
    Its is is the youngest volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, and it is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. 
Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, the world's most beautiful volcano.  Credit:http://dyezra.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.htm
  •          Mauna Loa Volcano

    This huge volcano covers half of the Big Island of Hawaii. It has erupted 33 times since its first documented eruption in 1843, and its most recent eruption was in 1984. 
                
Credit:http://climatehistories.innerasiaresearch.org/?page_id=112
  •        Hualalai

    This volcano on the west central coast of the Big Island is the third most active volcano on that island. Hualalai last erupted in the early 1800's.
The Summit of the Hualalai Volcano.
Credit:
http://www.drgeorgepc.com/Earthquake2006Hawaii.html
  •          Lo'ihi

    This Hawaii's youngest active undersea volcano. It is located on the sea floor south of Kilauea, about 30 miles off shore.
1 of the 5 most devastation underwater volcanoes
Credit:http://www.weirdlyodd.com/5-most-devastating-underwater-volcanoes/
 Dormant 
  •  East Maui Volcano (Haleakala)
    This volcano on the island of Maui is considered domant, since it last erupted sometime between 1500 and 1800, but it is not yet considered extinct.
Credit:http://hippobean.blogspot.com/2006/11/east-maui-volcano.html

  •       Mauna Kea

    This volcano located on the north coast of the Big Island is the tallest volcano in Hawaii. It probably began forming about 1 million years ago, and its most recent eruption was probably between 4,000 and 6,000 years ago.
Extinct
·        

  •      Kohala

    This volcanoon the northwest tip of the Big Island is the oldest volcano on that island. It emerged above sea level about 500,000 years ago and it last erupted about 120,000 years ago.
     
Credit:http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space/hawaii/nav/ap.kohala.html

  •         Maui - West Maui Volcano
    The West Maui Volcano is the smaller of the two on Maui. It is considered to be extinct and is often referred to as the West Maui Mountains.
  •          Molokai - West Molokai Volcano
  •          Molokai - East Molokai Volcano
  •         Oahu - Koolau Volcano
  •          Oahu - Waianae Volcano
  •         Kauai Volcano

    It is a
    extinct volcanoes, last eruption: 400,000 years ago!
Credit:http://michaeljacksondied.in.com/10-000-ft-volcano/photos-1-1-1-76731731ceb654e771ccda83a7b52a76.html
  •       Kahoolawe Volcano

    Kahoolawe
     has not erupted in historic time and is considered to be extinc
Credit:http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/hawaii/kahoolawe.html
  •       Lanai Volcano

    Located on the island of Lanai, the Lanai Volcano is an extinct volcano that last erupted 1.2 million years ago
  •          Niihau Volcano

    Niihau consists of one extinct volcano that had a large landslide to the east.




     

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