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Hawaii
Hawaii is located in the Pacific Ocean (154,5-159,9° long, 18,8-22,3° lat) and is therewith the furthermost distant archipelago from the continents. In the East, California is 3.800 km far away, and the distance to Japan is about 6.800 km. It is on same latitude with Hong Kong and Mexico City. The most south-western and biggest Island of Hawaii, The Big Island (10.450 km²), is about twice as big as the other islands summed. md-29.7
GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND
Hawaii -
a Volcanoe Chain's Head
 The archipelago of Hawaii came into being about 72 Million years ago. It is the top of a chain of volcanoes, which is extended from Big Island to the Aleutian Islands in the North of the Pacific. The oldest volcano of Hawaii in the North of the islands is disappearing gradually. The most recent volcano so far, Kilauea (which means "spewing" or "much spreading") in the Southwest of Big Island, is constantly belching basaltic material and with it creates new land continuously. Thereby it has been originated about 5 km new Land at the coastline of Big Island. md-29.7 |
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SUPERLATIVES
The highest mountain of Hawaii, Mauna Kea ("White Mountain") in the North of Bid Island, elevates to 4.205 m and is even higher than The Rocky Mountains. In comparison to its adjoining volcanoes it shows a low eruption rate. In tandem with Mauna Loa in the South ("Long Mountain", height: 4.169 m, length up to 120 km) the two shield-volcanoes, which are hardly to distinguish under the sea, generate the biggest volcanic formation on earth. At the same time they are both the biggest mountains in the world. Their long submarine flanks descent to the sea floor more than 5 km, and the sea floor in turn is depressed by the big masses another 8 km. This makes the volcano`s summit about 17 km above its base. md-29.7
BASE MAP
Hawaiian Islands,
Sheet No. NE 5 - 1.5,
Scale 1:25.000,
U.S. Geological Survey,
Reston, Virginia 22092, 1975
MODEL GENERATED BY
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