| Anyone that has visited the Hawaiian Islands have | | | | been reduced by one thousand meters over the |
| likely seen the volcanic mountains either dormant | | | | years. Kohala has continued to sink and the lava |
| or ones that are active, but there is so much | | | | flowing from its two neighbors have buried the |
| more to Hawaii information to learn of these | | | | southern part of the mountain. Today Kohala is |
| spectacular formations of nature. Since 2002 | | | | considered to be an extinct volcano. |
| visitors and some locals alike have made an | | | | Then there is the Mauna Key, which is considered |
| evening pilgrimage to the end of Chain of Craters | | | | to be the tallest mountain in the world if it was |
| Road in Hawaii Volcanoes National Parks to view | | | | measured from the sea floor and certainly the |
| the spectacular sight of fiery lava that flows from | | | | tallest volcano. The words Mauana Key mean |
| Kilauea Volcano. The left side flow reached the | | | | "white mountain" and this comes from the several |
| sea at Highcastle and was followed two days later | | | | feet of snow found on it's top. It is one of the |
| by the right side where it entered the sea at | | | | best places to view the stars. This volcano is also |
| Wilipe'a. This has been occuring since 1983, but | | | | classed as dormant, but is likely to erupt again in |
| where the interest lies is that it lends a whole | | | | the future. |
| new outlook where it meets the sea. This hasn't | | | | Hualalai, located on the Western side of the Big |
| been witnessed in many years. | | | | Island, is the third youngest and the third most |
| The Kohala Volcano that forms the Big Island is | | | | active on the island today. In the 1700's, there |
| believed to be the oldest volcano.Iit emerged | | | | were six active volcanoes and the Kona Airport is |
| from the sea 500,000 years ago and is believed | | | | built on top of the larger of these flows. Although |
| that an enormous landslide removed the volcano's | | | | building roads and houses still takes place on this |
| north east flank forming the rugged sea cliffs that | | | | mountain today, it is believed that Hualalai will |
| we see today. The height of the summit has | | | | erupt again within the next 100 years. |