THE WORLD’S LARGEST VOLCANO.
—— MAUNA LOA IN ERUPTION. DISASTER AT HAWAII. Mauna Loa, in Hawaii Island, is by. fur the largest volcano in the world. Its base measures about 75 miles from north to south, and about 50 miles from east to west, and it rises gradually to a height of 13,675 feet. On its southern sides the crater known as Kilauca, which is eight miles in circumference and is the largest active crater known. This crater erupted violently about the end of the 18t.li century, and numerous eruptions of a quiet type have occurred within the knowledge of white people. The crater on the top of Mauna Loa, known as Mokaueoweo, is nearly four square miles in area. As a rule eruptions are characterised by the fracture of jhe mountain side well below the summit, and the discharge of vast streams of lava through the fissure. The first recorded outbreak was in 1832; and there have been ten or more eruptions since—some of them very violent, but mostly of a more placid type, characterised by the quiet outflow of vast streams of lava. .In 1868 an eruption was attended by earthquakes which raised great waves in the sea, and those did heavy damage to settlements on the coast. The name Mauna Loa means “great mountain,” and the name is closely related to the 1 Maori Mauuga Eoa, or long rnounl aiii.
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Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 10 October 1919, Page 4
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