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interesting facts about kilauea

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• Kilauea is a shield volcano, which means it has a broad, gently sloping cone, similar to the shield of a warrior. Shield volcanoes are the largest volcanoes on earth.
• Kilauea is one of five volcanoes making up Hawaii. The other four are Kohala, Hualalai, Mauna Loa, and Mauna Kea.
• Kohola is the oldest volcano on Hawaii Island at more than one million years old and Kilauea is the youngest at between 300,000 and 600,000 years old.
• An eruption in 1790 killed at least 80 people. These people were Native Hawaiians and believed to have been a party of warriors. Their footprints can be viewed in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
• Since Kilauea's 1918 eruption it has only been dormant for 18 years between 1934 and 1952.
• Kilauea's summit caldera is large at 2 miles by 2 miles in size. Its walls reach 400 feet. Estimates suggest that the caldera began to form approximately 500 years ago.
• Kilauea's caldera is believed to be the Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele's home.
• Since 1823 Kilauea has had 61 different eruptions.
• Kilauea covers about 14% of Hawaii's Big Island.

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