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Learn about the three volcanoes that share the title of the world's largest: Tamu Massif, Mauna Kea, and Ojos del Salado. Find out their locations, features, and how they were discovered and recognized.
Rising gradually to more than 4 km (2.5 mi) above sea level, Hawaii’s Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on our planet. Its submarine flanks descend to the sea floor an additional 5 km (3 mi), and the sea floor in turn is depressed by Mauna Loa's great mass another 8 km (5 mi).
The 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia—the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history—had a tremendous impact on the world’s climate as well as its culture. Tambora expelled as much as 150 cubic km (roughly 36 cubic miles) of ash, pumice and other rock, and aerosols into the atmosphere.
9 Οκτ 2024 · Mauna Loa, the world’s largest volcano, located on the south-central part of the island of Hawaii, U.S., and a part of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. One of the largest single mountains in the world, it rises to 13,677 feet above sea level and constitutes half of the island’s area.
Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on Earth and the planet's third largest volcano behind Pūhāhonu, [21] which is also in the Hawaiian chain, and the Tamu Massif. [4][22] It covers a land area of 5,271 km 2 (2,035 sq mi) and spans a maximum width of 120 km (75 mi). [3]
30 Σεπ 2024 · 1) Ojos del Salado – 6,893m (22,615ft) Taking top spot at number one is Ojos del Salado – often translated as ‘Eyes over the Salt Plain’ or ‘Source of the Salty River’ – the world’s highest active volcano and second-highest peak in the Andes, found along the Chile-Argentina border.
Mauna Loa is among Earth's most active volcanoes, having erupted 34 times since its first well-documented historical eruption in 1843. It has produced large, voluminous flows of basalt that have reached the ocean eight times since 1868.
