The Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, akin to Mauna Loa in Hawaii, the world's most active volcano. Shield volcanoes typically produce runny lava flows resulting in gentle slopes, earning their ...

It is not the tallest volcano in Hawaii – that title goes to Mauna Kea – but it is the largest and makes up about half of the island’s land mass. It is about 320km south of Hawaii’s most ...

Yet, if you measure a mountain from its base to its peak, then the 33,500-foot (10,211-meter) Mauna Kea, an inactive shield volcano on the island of Hawaii, would instead come out on top.

In fact, the dormant volcano is one of the top 10 places for ... that include round-trip transportation from your hotel. Mauna Kea Summit Adventures and Hawaii Forest and Trail are two top-rated ...

In its current post-shield state ... Hawaiians living on the slopes of Mauna Kea relied on its extensive forests for food, and quarried the dense volcano-glacial basalts on its flanks for tool ...

They include the largest volcanoes on earth, such as Tamu Massif and Mauna Loa. Giant shield volcanoes are found on other planets of the Solar System, including Olympus Mons on Mars and Sapas Mons on ...

Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea in Hawaii are both shield volcanoes and the largest active volcanoes on earth. There are very few impact craters on the volcano's surface, indicating that the uppermost ...

Hawaii has five such volcanoes in addition to Kilauea, though Kilauea is the only one currently erupting. Three are on the same island as Kilauea: Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea and Hualalai. One is on Maui ...

Shield volcanoes do not have such violent eruptions. These volcanoes tend to have gentle slopes and their runnier lava spreads and hardens over a wider area. Mauna Loa in Hawaii is an example of a ...

After all, the state is home to the tallest mountain in the world (Mauna Kea ... you'll spend one night at Volcano House, a hotel on the rim of Kilauea. (When the shield volcano is active ...

The Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, similar to Mauna Loa in Hawaii, the world's most active volcano. Shield volcanoes typically produce runny lava flows that result in gentle slopes ...