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Halema‘uma‘u Crater
Contains Active Lava Lake within Kīlauea Caldera
Crater
in
Chain of Craters
,
Hawai’i Volcanoes NP
,
Kīlauea Caldera Closure Area
on
Big Island
(
Hawai‘ian Islands
)
near
Volcano
,
HI
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Halemaʻumaʻu Crater is a pit crater located within the much larger summit caldera of Kīlauea in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The roughly circular crater floor is 770 meters (2,530 ft) x 900 m (2,950 ft) and is 83 m (270 ft) below the floor of Kīlauea caldera. Halemaʻumaʻu is home to Pele, goddess of fire and volcanoes, according to the traditions of Hawaiian mythology. Halemaʻumaʻu means "house of the ʻāmaʻu fern". The crater is currently active, containing a lava lake. From 2008, when the current vent inside Halemaʻumaʻu crater first erupted, to April 2015, lava was present inside the vent fluctuating from 20 to 150 meters below the crater floor. On April 24, 2015 molten lava in the vent, known as the Overlook Crater, became directly visible for the first time from the Jaggar Museum…
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Volcano
Kīlauea
Shield Volcano
in
Chain of Craters
,
Hawai’i Volcanoes NP
,
Kīlauea Caldera Closure Area
,
Big Island
,
Hawai‘ian Islands
near
Volcano
,
HI
Parent Caldera
Kīlauea Crater
Crater
in
Chain of Craters
,
Hawai’i Volcanoes NP
,
Kīlauea Caldera Closure Area
,
Big Island
,
Hawai‘ian Islands
near
Volcano
,
HI
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