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Map of Halema`uma`u Crater after 1960 collapse

Map of Halema`uma`u after collapse

Map of Halema`uma`u showing the principal features of the collapse. The central pit is most evident. The second pit is in the southwest part of the subsidence saucer, and the March 11 pit is outside the saucer in the northeast corner of the crater. Based on figure 76 in Richter and others (1970).

Reference

Richter, D.H., Eaton, J.P., Murata, K.J., Ault, W.U., and Krivoy, H.L., 1970, Chronological narrative of the 1959-60 eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 537-E, 73 p.

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