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Map of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i

Map of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i

Map of Kilauea and adjoining Mauna Loa showing relation of Kapoho, in lower Puna along Kilauea's east rift zone, to the summit area where Kilauea Iki and Halema`uma`u are located. Seemingly so far from the summit, Kapoho sits within the east rift zone, which is a major underground supply conduit for magma draining the summit magma reservoir. Two villages have been destroyed by recent eruptions--Kapoho in 1960 and Kalapana (and neighboring Kapa`ahu) in 1986-90. During the time that Kapoho and Kalapana were overrun, Highway 130 was constructed and then covered by lava along the coastline southwest of Kaimu. Nothing is permanent on Kilauea.

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Updated: 24 May 2000 (SRB)