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LITHOEN

Volcano

Kīlauea

Also known as Kilauea

One of the world’s most active volcanoes, on the Island of Hawaiʻi. As a basaltic shield volcano far from any plate boundary, it is the type example of intraplate volcanism.

Classification

edifice
shield

How this record is known

1
Directly recorded
Observed or measured, reported by the party that made the observation.
2
Settled consensus
Cited as the accepted position of the discipline.

3 of 3 claims on this page cite at least one registered source. Counts describe how each statement is known, not how likely it is to be true.

What Lithoen records

Each claim states how it is known and cites its evidence.

Measured1,222 m

Kīlauea’s summit elevation is recorded by the USGS as 1,222 metres.

  • method: Elevation as published in the USGS volcano profile’s Quick Facts.

Evidence support: Supported by the cited evidence one source

Evidence: U.S. Geological Survey n.d. Primary authority

EstablishedIntraplate: on the Island of Hawaiʻi, over 3,200 km from the nearest plate boundary.

Kīlauea sits on the Island of Hawaiʻi, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean far from any plate boundary — the type locality for intraplate volcanism.

Evidence support: Supported by the cited evidence 2 sources, multiple sources, independence unknown

Evidence: U.S. Geological Survey n.d. Primary authority; Kious 1996 Primary authority

EstablishedShield volcano; basaltic composition.

The USGS records Kīlauea as a shield volcano erupting basalt.

Evidence support: Supported by the cited evidence one source

Evidence: U.S. Geological Survey n.d. Primary authority

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Record last updated 2026-09-06. Corrections follow the published corrections policy; superseded claims are retained, never silently edited.