Kilauea is an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands

Located along the southeastern shore of the Big Island of Hawaii

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the volcano is between 210,000 and 280,000 years old and emerged above sea level about 100,000 years ago

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Historically, it is the most active of the five volcanoes that together form Hawaii island.

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Kīlauea is also one of the most active volcanoes on Earth, and the most recent and currently ongoing

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Kilauea is the second-youngest product of the Hawaiian hotspot

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It is a very low, flat shield volcano, vastly different in profile from the high, sharply sloping peaks of stratovolcanoes.

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Kilauea is one of the most active volcano on the Earth, an invaluable resource for volcanologists

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Thirty-three eruptions have taken place since 1952

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not including the current eruption which started on January 3,1983

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and it is still ongoing.

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