🎰 Kīlauea Caldera

United States · Americas · 19.40°N, 155.30°W

The Kīlauea Caldera, officially gazetted as Kīlauea Crater, is a caldera located at the summit of Kīlauea, an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. It has an extreme length of 2.93 mi (4.72 km), an extreme width of 1.95 mi (3.14 km), a circumference of 7.85 mi (12.63 km) and an area of 4.14 mi2 (10.7 km2). It contains Halemaʻumaʻu, an active pit crater near the caldera's southwestern edge.

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Quick facts

Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	19.40°N, 155.30°W · view on map

Kīlauea Caldera is located in United States, in Americas.

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