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Kilauea Iki crater was the site of a volcanic eruption in 1959 in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii. The barren hill just above the crater is the cinder and spatter cone Pu'u Pua'i (gushing hill). During that eruption, fountains of lava shot into the sky as high as 1,900 feet from the eruption vent at the base of the hill. Beyond Pu'u Pua'i is the Kilauea caldera with its Halemaumau crater. In the far background Mauna Loa rises to a height of 13,679 ft. Mauna Loa is the world's largest shield volcano in terms of volume and area covered. Mauna Loa, an active volcano, means "Long Mountain" in Hawaiian and is one of the five volcanoes that make up the Big Island of Hawaii.

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Kilauea Iki crater was the site of a volcanic eruption in 1959 in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii. The barren hill just above the crater is the cinder and spatter cone Pu'u Pua'i (gushing hill). During that eruption, fountains of lava shot into the sky as high as 1,900 feet from the eruption vent at the base of the hill. Beyond Pu'u Pua'i is the Kilauea caldera with its Halemaumau crater. In the far background Mauna Loa rises to a height of 13,679 ft. Mauna Loa is the world's largest shield volcano in terms of volume and area covered. Mauna Loa, an active volcano, means "Long Mountain" in Hawaiian and is one of the five volcanoes that make up the Big Island of Hawaii.