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Puʻu ʻŌʻō

Index Puʻu ʻŌʻō

Puu Ōō (often written Puu Oo) is a volcanic cone in the eastern rift zone of the Kīlauea volcano of the Hawaiian Islands. [1]

28 relations: Chain of Craters Road, Earthquake, Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, Hawaii (island), Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian tropical rainforests, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, Heiau, Kaimū, Hawaii, Kalapana, Hawaii, Kapaau, Hawaii, Kīlauea, Lava, Lava lake, Lava tube, Leilani Estates, Hawaii, Magma, Pahoa, Hawaii, Puna, Hawaii, Rift zone, United States, United States Geological Survey, Volcanic cone, Volcano.

Chain of Craters Road

Chain of Craters Road is a long winding paved road through the East Rift and coastal area of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the island of Hawaii, in the state of Hawaii, United States.

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Earthquake

An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth, resulting from the sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves.

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Hawaiʻi ʻōʻō

The Hawaii ōō (Moho nobilis) is a member of the extinct genus of the ōōs (Moho) within the extinct family Mohoidae.

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Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, established on August 1, 1916, is an American National Park located in the U.S. state of Hawaii on the island of Hawaii.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.

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Hawaii (island)

Hawaiʻi is the largest island located in the U.S. state of Hawaii.

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Hawaii County, Hawaii

Hawaii County is a county located in the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands.

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Hawaiian Islands

The Hawaiian Islands (Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaiokinai in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll.

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Hawaiian tropical rainforests

The Hawaiian tropical rainforests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Hawaiian Islands.

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Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) is a volcano observatory located at Uwekahuna Bluff on the rim of Kīlauea Caldera on the Island of Hawaiokinai.

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Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain

The Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain is a mostly undersea mountain range in the Pacific Ocean that reaches above sea level in Hawaii.

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Heiau

A heiau is a Hawaiian temple.

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Kaimū, Hawaii

Kaimū was a small town in the Puna District on Island of Hawaiokinai that was completely destroyed by an eruptive flow of lava from the Kūpaʻianahā vent of the Kīlauea volcano in 1990.

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Kalapana, Hawaii

Kalapana is a town and a region in the Puna District on the Island of Hawaiokinai in the Hawaiian Islands.

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Kapaau, Hawaii

Kapaau is an unincorporated community in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States.

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Kīlauea

Kīlauea is a currently active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, and the most active of the five volcanoes that together form the island of Hawaiokinai.

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Lava

Lava is molten rock generated by geothermal energy and expelled through fractures in planetary crust or in an eruption, usually at temperatures from.

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Lava lake

Lava lakes are large volumes of molten lava, usually basaltic, contained in a volcanic vent, crater, or broad depression.

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Lava tube

A lava tube is a natural conduit formed by flowing lava which moves beneath the hardened surface of a lava flow.

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Leilani Estates, Hawaii

Leilani Estates is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States located in the District of Puna.

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Magma

Magma (from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma) meaning "thick unguent") is a mixture of molten or semi-molten rock, volatiles and solids that is found beneath the surface of the Earth, and is expected to exist on other terrestrial planets and some natural satellites.

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Pahoa, Hawaii

Pāhoa is a census-designated place (CDP) in the District of Puna in Hawai‘i County, Hawai‘i, United States.

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Puna, Hawaii

Puna is one of the 9 districts of Hawaii County on the Island of Hawaiokinai (Big Island; County of Hawaii).

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Rift zone

A rift zone is a feature of some volcanoes, especially shield volcanoes, in which a linear series of cracks (or rifts) develops in a volcanic edifice, typically forming into two or three well-defined regions along the flanks of the vent.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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Volcanic cone

Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic landforms.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puʻu_ʻŌʻō

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