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This photo
shows the central vent and associated lava flows. A kipukaof older lava is near the center of
the photo. The volcano began erupting about 3,000 years ago. Most of the main shield formed
between 1,775 and 1,496 years ago.
Hualālai is an active volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. It is the
westernmost, third-youngest and the third most active of the five volcanoes that form the island
of Hawaiʻi, following Kīlauea and the much larger Mauna Loa. Its peak stands 8,271 feet (2,521
m) above sea level.
Mount Wrangell is a large andesitic shield volcano with a volume of about 900 cubic
kilometers (Nye, 1983). Its top is capped by a 4 by 6 km, ice-filled summit caldera whose
depth may exceed 1 km. The caldera is apparently of non-explosive origin formed in response
to the withdrawal of magma from high-level reservoirs beneath the summit area.