Southwest Rift Zone Map - Volcano, HI
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bluesnote
N 19° 25.188 W 155° 17.300
5Q E 259713 N 2148874
This is one of a few plaques at the Jagger Museum's lookout deck.
Waymark Code: WMR20P
Location: Hawaii, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2016
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The plaque says, "You are standing on Kilauea, a restless volcano covering more than 600 square miles. Periodically, hot molten rock, or magma, rises from a reservoir deep below and erupts here at the summit as lava. However, magma can also move sideways underground, triggering earthquakes and eruptions along flanks of the volcano in areas called rifts zones.
In the distance ahead, lies Kilauea's Southwest Rift Zone-fissures running southwest from the edge of the Kilauea Caldera, and a series of volcanic cones that appear like small bombs on the horizon. Beyond the horizon lie more issues, including one 10 miles long known as the Great Crack. The fissures extend beyond the coast underwater.
If the view from here looks lazy, the volcano may be to blame. On a typical day, Kilauea's vents emit several hundreds tons of duper dioxide gas which the wind blows across the island."
Location Name: Jagger Museum
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Visit Instructions:
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