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**Volcano Assignment due Friday, June 1st:**
====Find a real life example of a type of volcano.==== ====Find your name on the right and post a picture with at least 5 pieces of information about your volcano.====

Include the type of volcano.
====Include the type of plate boundary the volcano exists on (divergent, convergent, hot spot...)==== ====Include which tectonic plates are involved with this volcano.====

__Mauna Loa__ --> Is one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii in the U.S. state.

1. The largest on Earth in terms of volume and area covered. 2. It's neighbour is Mauna Kea. 3. The Hawaiian name 'Mauna Loa' means 'Long Mountain'. 4. Mauna Loa's lava eruptions are non-explosive and the volcano has shallow slopes. 5. Mauna Loa's most recent eruption occurred from March 24 to April 15, 1984. 6. Age of rock: 700,000 - 1 million years

__Type__ It is an active shield volcano.

__Type of plate boundary__

Mauna Loa is caused by a hot spot in the Earth's mantle.

__Tectonic plates involved with this volcano__

Like all Hawaiian volcanoes, Mauna Loa was created as the Pacific tectonic plate moved over the Hawaiian hotspot.

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__1984 Eruption__



__Map__

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