Niihau Volcano
Updated: Apr 25, 2024 17:43 GMT -
Shield 390 m / 1280 ft
Hawaiian Islands, United States, 21.95°N / -160.08°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
Hawaiian Islands, United States, 21.95°N / -160.08°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5)
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Niihau volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene)
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Background
Niihau is the eroded remnant of a Miocene to Pliocene shield volcano. Rejuvenation during the late Pliocene and Pleistocene produced a series of small shield volcanoes, cinder cones and tuff cones.---
Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information