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    Haleakalā

    Shield volcano · 3,053 m · United States of America

    Haleakalā
    Photo: belindah · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

    Haleakalā sits on the Pacific Plate, above a hotspot, away from plate boundaries. 40 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 1750.

    Elevation
    3,053 m
    Type
    Shield volcano
    Tectonic Setting
    Intraplate (hotspot), oceanic crust
    Dominant Rock
    Basalt / Picro-Basalt
    Plate
    Pacific Plate
    Country
    United States of America
    Last Eruption
    1750
    Known Eruptions (Holocene)
    40

    Eruption Timeline

    Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).

    7,950 BCE7,570 BCE7,450 BCE7,210 BCE6,760 BCE6,700 BCE6,220 BCE6,030 BCE5,860 BCE4,760 BCE3,070 BCE2,580 BCE2,470 BCE2,260 BCE2,210 BCE2,120 BCE1,940 BCE1,900 BCE1,850 BCE1,800 BCE1,310 BCE1,240 BCE1,140 BCE580 BCE390 BCE290 BCE80790910980990101010201080120013501360142014601750 VEI 2VEI 4VEI 6 7,950 BCE1500180019002000

    Eruption Uncertain Date

    Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata