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Volcano

Mauna Loa

The largest volcano of the Island of Hawaiʻi, a basaltic shield rising more than four kilometres above sea level and far more above the sea floor.

Classification

edifice
shield

How this record is known

1
Directly recorded
Observed or measured, reported by the party that made the observation.

1 of 1 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

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Measured4,169 m

The USGS records Mauna Loa as a shield volcano erupting basalt, with a summit elevation of 4,169 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

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 Corrections follow the published corrections policy; superseded claims are retained, never silently edited.