Mauna Kea cinder cone, Hawaii 1982
Childs, Iraphne R. (1982) Mauna Kea cinder cone, Hawaii 1982. [Image]
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Abstract
Mauna Kea (lit. White Mountain), considered dormant, is a shield volcano approx 1 million years old and is Hawaii's highest peak at 4250m (13,769ft). Much of the mountain is under the sea and when measured from its base on the sPacific Ocean floo, is 10,000m (33,000ft) high, significantly higher than Mt. Everest. The summit of Mauna Kea once supported a small alpine glacier that has since disappeared. The shield-building lavas of Mauna Kea are now largely buried under cinder cones and ash deposits, the product of explosive eruptions that ceased approx. 3600 years ago. The peak is always snow-capped in winter, sometimes to a snow-depth of several metres. This image, taken on Summit Road, above the cloud and tree-level shows the black lava of Mauna Kea and one of the many red cinder cones that appear as one climbs to the summit.
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Item Type: | Image | ||||||
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Collection: | Asia-Pacific Images: 1970s-1990s | ||||||
Sub-Collection Title: | United States (Hawaii) |
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Date: | 1982 | ||||||
Keywords: | volcanoes | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2013 13:03 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 29 May 2022 23:59 | ||||||
Copyright Owner: | Copyright Iraphne R. Childs. | ||||||
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Location | 19.820664, -155.468066 | ||||||
URI: | https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/id/eprint/314 | ||||||
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