Kīlauea

Kīlauea is an active shield volcano in the , located along the southeastern shore of Hawaii Island. The volcano is between 210,000 and 280,000 years old and grew above sea level about 100,000 years ago.
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  • Volcano rising to 1,247 metres (4,091 feet)
  • Description: active volcano in Hawaii
  • Also known as
    “Kilauea (Havaj, Havajské ostrovy : sopka)”
    “Vulcão Kilauea”
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Places of Interest

Discover Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Tree Molds.
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A lava tree mold, sometimes erroneously called a lava…
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Military installation
Kīlauea Military Camp is operated as a Morale, Welfare…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Volcano Village and Mauna Loa Estates.
Volcano, or , is a census-designated…
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Latitude
19.41387° or 19° 24′ 50″ north
Longitude
-155.27581° or 155° 16′ 33″ west
Open location code
73F6CP7F+GM
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
natural = volcano
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kīlauea” goes by many names.
KīlaueaAfrikaans
كيلاوياArabic
ԿիլաուեաArmenian
ԿիլաուելաArmenian
KilaueaAsturian
KīlaueaBasque
КілаўэаBelarusian
KīlaueaBosnian
КилауеаBulgarian
KilaueaCatalan
volcà KilaueaCatalan
Kīlauea VolcanoCebuano
基拉韋厄峰Chinese
基拉韋厄火山Chinese
基拉韦厄峰Chinese
KilaueaCzech
KilaueaDanish
KīlaueaDutch
ཀི་ལའུ་ཨེ།Dzongkha
Kīlauea vulkaanEstonian
KīlaueaFinnish
KilaueaGalician
კილაუეაGeorgian
Ηφαίστειο ΚιλαουέαGreek
ΚιλαουέαGreek
KīlaueaHawaiian
קילוואהHebrew
KilaueaHungarian
KīlaueaIcelandic
Gunung KīlaueaIndonesian
KīlaueaIndonesian
KīlaueaItalian
キラウエアJapanese
キラウエア山Japanese
キラウェア火山Japanese
キラウエア火山Japanese
KilaueaJavanese
КилауэаKazakh
킬라우에아산Korean
KīlaueaLatvian
KilaueaLithuanian
КилауеаMacedonian
КилауејаMacedonian
Gunung Berapi KilaueaMalay
KīlaueaMalay
KiraueaMaori
किलौआMarathi
კილაუეაMingrelian
KīlaueaNorwegian
KīlaueaNorwegian Bokmål
KīlaueaNorwegian Nynorsk
KilaueaOccitan (post 1500)
کیلاویاPersian
KīlaueaPolish
Kīlauea CraterPolish
KīlaueaRomanian
КилауэаRussian
KilaueaSerbian
КилауеаSerbian
KilaueaSerbo-Croatian
KilaueaSlovak
KīlaueaSlovenian
LahainalunaSlovenian
KilaueaSwedish
Mauna UluSwedish
KīlaueaTagalog
கிலாயூயா எரிமலைTamil
ภูเขาไฟคีเลาเวอาThai
Kilauea DağıTurkish
КілауеаUkrainian
Kilauea vulqoniUzbek
KīlaueaVietnamese
KīlaueaWaray (Philippines)
基拉韦厄火山Wu Chinese
基拉韋亞火山Yue Chinese

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