Shield volcanoes

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 134. Chapters: Mauna Loa, Banks Peninsula, Upolu, Peter I Island, Mauna Kea, Savai'i, Mount Edziza volcanic complex, Hualalai, Kilauea, Shield volcano, Lord Howe Island, Olympus Mons, Ascraeus Mons, Rotuma, Newberry Volcano, Level Mountain Range, Prince Edward Islands, Socorro Island, Rangitoto Island, Three Sisters, Yamsay Mountain, Otago Harbour, Medicine Lake Volcano, Haleakala, Saint Paul Island, Piton de la Fournaise, Ilgachuz Range, Pavonis Mons, Arsia Mons, Mount Giluwe, Mount Bailey, São Tomé Island, Mount Blackburn, Ofu-Olosega, Alcedo Volcano, Warrumbungles, Mount Okmok, Hallasan, Mount Waialeale, Niuafo'ou, Mount Sanford, Ball's Pyramid, Syrtis Major Planum, List of shield volcanoes, Mount Wrangell, Diamond Peak, Sierra Negra, Aoba Island, Cerro Azul, Erta Ale, Brown Mountain (Klamath County, Oregon), Nandewar Range, Indian Heaven, Belknap Crater, Fernandina Island, Three Fingered Jack, Atna Peaks, Jornada del Muerto Volcano, Piton des Neiges, Olallie Butte, Rainbow Range, Regal Mountain, Ua Huka, Puu Kukui, Pico de Príncipe, Mount Jarvis, Mount Nyamuragira, Mount Terror, Itcha Range, Tau, American Samoa, Pelican Butte, Davis Lake volcanic field, Aspen Butte, Spectrum Range, Mahukona, Mount Karthala, Marble Mountain-Trout Creek Hill, Maiden Peak, Mount Siple, Maat Mons, Mount Sidley, Fumarole Butte, Black Crater, Mount Washington, Union Peak, Mount Takahe, Santiago Island, Howlock Mountain, Lunar dome, Alba Mons, Wailau, Tumalo Mountain, Maitland Volcano, Hengill, Mons Rümker, Skjaldbreiður, Suswa, Mount Andrus, Battle Ax Mountain, Sierra Grande, Misema Caldera, Pico Basilé, Mount Gower, Pinta Island, Pico de São Tomé, Poike, Heart Peaks, Coulman Island, Mount Berlin, Toney Mountain, Alligator Lake volcanic complex, Vogelsberg Mountains, Tolbachik, Mount Alayta, Brushy Butte, Mount Frakes, Pyroclastic shield, Karaca Dag, Mount Lidgbird, West Maui Mountains, Mount Murphy, Mount Hampton, Mount Waesche, Mount Nikko-Shirane, Mount Moulton, Trölladyngja, Volcano Vent, Mount Tendürek, Payun Matru, Mount Steere, Tat Ali, Grizzly Butte, Big Cave, Bolshoy Kekuknaysky, West Vent, Santa Isabel, Pleiades, Pogranichny Volcano, Ushkovsky, Menengai, Yelovsky, Bely, Zapatera, Plosky, Eggella, Kookooligit Mountains, Voyampolsky, Titila, Kebeney, Mount Kembar, Renpet Mons, Atlasova, Ozernoy, Schmidt, Shishel, Uksichan, The Barrier, Otdelny, Snegovoy, Tuzovsky, Verkhovoy, Hayli Gubbi, Maly Payalpan, Leutongey, Paka, Korosi, Theia Mons, Namarunu, Las Lajas, Sif Mons. Excerpt: Mauna Kea (English pronunciation: or , Hawaiian: ) is a dormant volcano on the island of Hawaii. Standing 4,205 m (13,796 ft) above sea level, its peak is the highest point in the state of Hawaii. However, much of the mountain is under water; when measured from its oceanic base, Mauna Kea is over 10,000 m (33,000 ft) tall-significantly taller than Mount Everest. Mauna Kea is about a million years old, and has thus passed the most active shield stage of life hundreds of thousands of years ago. In its current post-shield state, its lava is more viscous, resulting in a steeper profile. Late volcanism has also given it a much rougher appearance than its neighboring volcanoes; contributing factors include the construction of cinder cones, the decentralization of its rift zones, the glaciation on its peak, and the weathering effects of the prevailing trade winds. Mauna Kea last erupted 6,000 to 4,000 years ago and is now considered dormant. In Hawaiian m...