Mauna Loa

Mauna Loa is an active volcano on Hawaii Island, in the state of Hawaii, United States. It is considered to be the largest subaerial (from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean) volcano in the world and the tallest volcano in Hawaii.

 Name 
Mauna Loa is Hawaiian for "long mountain."

Size
The volcano is at least  in volume and over 4 kilometers above sea level.  Measured from its base on the ocean floor, it reaches above 8 kilometers, making it the tallest mountain on Earth, but not the highest. That distinction is reserved for Mount Everest. 

Measured from sea level Mauna Loa is 4,169 meters high.Kaye, G.D.  "Using GIS to estimate the total volume of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii,"  Geological Society of America, 98th Annual Meeting; retrieved 2012-6-18. It is also one of the largest volcanoes measuring 96 kilometers long and 48 kilometers wide.  

The world's biggest volcano is named Mauna Loa in Hawaii. Mauna Loa is part of the five volcanoes on Hawaii Island. The most recent time this volcano erupted was in 2022. It erupted 33 times in the last 170 years. Like all the other Hawaiian volcanoes, Mauna Loa was created by the movement of the Pacific tectonic plate which moved over the Hawaii hotspot in the Earth's mantle. It is a shield volcano. The largest recent eruption from Mauna Loa left a lava trail 51 kilometers long.

References

Category:Volcanoes of Hawaii