West Molokai Volcano

West Molokai Volcano
Mauna Loa
Elevation 421 m (1,381 ft)
Location
Location Molokai, Hawaii,
United States
Range Hawaiian Islands
Coordinates 21°08′N 157°12′W / 21.13°N 157.20°WCoordinates: 21°08′N 157°12′W / 21.13°N 157.20°W
Geology
Type Shield volcano
Volcanic arc/belt Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain

West Molokai Volcano, sometimes called Mauna Loa, is an extinct shield volcano comprising the western half of Molokai in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It was constructed in two volcanic phases.

The first constructed the broad tholeiitic shield volcano of West Molokai that ended 1.89 million years ago and the second volcanic phase produced postshield alkalic volcanics 1.76 million years ago.[1] West Molokai overlaps the western flank of East Molokai Volcano, a much larger shield volcano comprising two-thirds of Molokai.

References

  1. ↑ Wood, Charles A.; Kienle, Jürgen (2001). Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 327. ISBN 978-0-521-43811-7. OCLC 27910629.