With two barren peaks that rise only about 170 feet above sea level, the now extinct Pūhāhonu volcano in the Northwestern Hawaii Islands doesn’t look like much. This is especially true since in the same archipelago, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa tower over every other volcano at over 13,000 feet above sea level.
Scientists at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa have proved that looks can be deceiving.
A new study published in the Earth and Planetary Science Letters journal establishes that Pūhāhonu is the largest shield volcano in the world, taking Mauna Loa’s title.
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Commie Hawaii gets vaporized. Commie California, Oregon & Washington state get washed away in the ensuing tsunami. Win Win. Bring it on!
ReplyDeleteThis sucker is bigger than the Yellowstone caldera. It measures approximately 30 by 45 miles according to Britannica.
ReplyDeleteNot to harsh anyone's doom fantasies, but the way the article is worded misleads. That sucker is well away from the plume that makes the Hawaiian volcanoes erupt; the new kid in town is a currently submerged seamount called Loihi(not sure about my spelling), located at the southeastern end of the big island. The rocks they talk about analyzing show how hot the magma was when it erupted, not how hot it is. And now you know; that volc is cold and dead, and slowly sinking, like all the others in that long chain. Eventually Hawaii will do that, too, but not anytime soon.
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