Kīlauea

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English: Kīlauea is an active volcano of the United States located in the South of Big Island, Hawaii, within the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Français : Le Kīlauea est un volcan actif des Etats-Unis situé dans le Sud de l'île d'Hawaï, dans l'Etat du même nom. Il est inclus dans le parc national des volcans d'Hawaï.

Maps[edit]

  • Location

    Location

  • Topography

    Topography

  • Main features

    Main features

  • Lava hazard

    Lava hazard

  • Summit

    Summit

  • Puʻu ʻŌʻō lava flows

    Puʻu ʻŌʻō lava flows

  • Map of ongoing intrusion and earthquake activity along Kīlauea's East Rift Zone (May 2, 2018)

    Map of ongoing intrusion and earthquake activity along Kīlauea's East Rift Zone (May 2, 2018)

  • Map of the locations of eruptive fissures (May 5, 2018)

    Map of the locations of eruptive fissures (May 5, 2018)


General views[edit]

  • Satellite picture

    Satellite picture

  • Radar false colors perspective picture

    Radar false colors perspective picture

  • Summit satellite picture

    Summit satellite picture

  • Radar picture of caldera

    Radar picture of caldera

  • Chain of Craters Road

    Chain of Craters Road

  • Coastal landscape

    Coastal landscape

Diagrams[edit]

  • Hawaii Hotspot diagram

    Hawaii Hotspot diagram

  • Cross section of East Rift Zone

    Cross section of East Rift Zone

  • Cross section of explosive eruptions

    Cross section of explosive eruptions

Lava and eruptions[edit]

  • Pāhoehoe and Aa flows

    Pāhoehoe and Aa flows

  • Wildfire caused by lava

    Wildfire caused by lava

  • Overflowing lava channel

    Overflowing lava channel

  • Pāhoehoe flow

    Pāhoehoe flow

  • Aerial view of lava flows

    Aerial view of lava flows

  • ʻAʻā lava flow

    ʻAʻā lava flow

  • Pāhoehoe lava flow

    Pāhoehoe lava flow

  • Active ʻaʻā lava flow

    Active ʻaʻā lava flow

  • Active pāhoehoe lava flow

    Active pāhoehoe lava flow

  • 1954 Halemaʻumaʻu lava lake

    1954 Halemaʻumaʻu lava lake

  • Arching lava fountain

    Arching lava fountain

  • Lava fountain dome

    Lava fountain dome

  • Lava cascade

    Lava cascade

  • Lava tube skylight

    Lava tube skylight

  • Uprising lava in cracks

    Uprising lava in cracks

  • Lava fountains, flows and cascades

    Lava fountains, flows and cascades

  • Lava filling ʻAlae

    Lava filling ʻAlae

  • Lava filling ʻĀloʻi

    Lava filling ʻĀloʻi

  • Kupaianaha lava lake

    Kupaianaha lava lake

  • Puʻu ʻŌʻō lava fountain

    Puʻu ʻŌʻō lava fountain

  • Puʻu ʻŌʻō lava lake and crater

    Puʻu ʻŌʻō lava lake and crater

  • Spatter cône

    Spatter cône

  • Lava entering in sea

    Lava entering in sea

  • Lava entering in sea

    Lava entering in sea

  • Lava flow in Kalapana

    Lava flow in Kalapana

  • Chain of Craters Road under a lava flow

    Chain of Craters Road under a lava flow

  • Kipuka

    Kipuka

  • Hornito

    Hornito

  • Pele's hair

    Pele's hair

  • Reticulite

    Reticulite

  • Limu o Pele

    Limu o Pele

  • Collapse in the crater of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, creating an ash plume (May 3, 2018)

    Collapse in the crater of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, creating an ash plume (May 3, 2018)

  • Eruption in the Leilani Estates subdivision (May 3, 2018)

    Eruption in the Leilani Estates subdivision (May 3, 2018)

Craters and cones[edit]

  • Halemaʻumaʻu

    Halemaʻumaʻu

  • Halemaʻumaʻu

    Halemaʻumaʻu

  • Halemaʻumaʻu

    Halemaʻumaʻu

  • Lua Manu

    Lua Manu

  • Mauna Ulu

    Mauna Ulu

  • Pauahi

    Pauahi

  • Puʻu Huluhulu

    Puʻu Huluhulu

  • Kīlauea Iki

    Kīlauea Iki

  • Makaopuhi

    Makaopuhi

  • Puʻu ʻŌʻō

    Puʻu ʻŌʻō

Landscape sights[edit]

  • Steaming Bluff

    Steaming Bluff

  • Sulfur Banks

    Sulfur Banks

  • Hōlei sea arch

    Hōlei sea arch

  • Punaluu Black Sand Beach

    Punaluu Black Sand Beach

  • Thurston Lava Tube

    Thurston Lava Tube

  • 1790 footprints

    1790 footprints

  • Lava trees

    Lava trees

  • Tree mold

    Tree mold

Nature[edit]

  • Tropical forest near summit

    Tropical forest near summit

  • Tropical forest

    Tropical forest

  • Nēnē or Hawai'ian Goose

    Nēnē or Hawai'ian Goose

  • ʻŌhiʻa growing in a lava flow

    ʻŌhiʻa growing in a lava flow

  • Orchid

    Orchid

  • Various plants

    Various plants

History[edit]

  • Volcano House in 1908

    Volcano House in 1908

  • Thomas Jagger, Lorrin Thurston and others in 1917

    Thomas Jagger, Lorrin Thurston and others in 1917

  • Kalapana house destroyed by lava, 1990

    Kalapana house destroyed by lava, 1990

Tourism[edit]

  • Namakanipaio Campground

    Namakanipaio Campground

  • Pedestrian restriction sign

    Pedestrian restriction sign

  • Jaggar Museum entrance

    Jaggar Museum entrance

  • Kilauea Military Camp

    Kilauea Military Camp

  • Volcano Art Center

    Volcano Art Center

  • Puʻu Loa Petroglyphs

    Puʻu Loa Petroglyphs

  • Our Lady, Star of the Sea Church

    Our Lady, Star of the Sea Church

In art[edit]

  • Kilauea by Day, Peale, 1842

    Kilauea by Day, Peale, 1842

  • Volcano, Walden, c. 1880s

    Volcano, Walden, c. 1880s

  • Kilauea Caldera, Sandwich Islands, Tavernier, 1886

    Kilauea Caldera, Sandwich Islands, Tavernier, 1886

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