There are two main types of volcano - composite and shield. The two types of volcano form in different places and have very different characteristics. Ash released from shield volcanoes often ...

A shield volcano, Kilauea is a low, sloping type of volcano that resembles a horizontal shield. The volcano has been intermittently active for the last 2,000 years, with perhaps its most notable ...

But Mauna Loa is an entirely different type of volcano from those. This is called a shield volcano. It gets its name from how it looks—like a warrior’s shield laid on its side.

It lies underwater about 20 miles off the coast of Hawaii's Big Island, on the flank of Mauna Loa, the largest shield volcano on the planet. The top of the seamount lies 3,200 feet below sea level.

Volcano type: Shield. Olympus Mons rises three times higher than Earth's highest mountain, Mount Everest, whose peak is 5.5 miles (8.8 km) above sea level. Olympus Mons is a shield volcano.

This is because it’s a shield volcano. Shield volcanoes form when lava flows easily and spreads out in all directions, building up a broad, smooth mountain over time.

Beneath the Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, a massive underwater volcano is preparing to erupt. Scientists monitoring Axial Seamount have detected a surge in seismic ...

Kilauea first formed underwater roughly 280,000 years ago, according to the National Park Service, and it is considered to be a fairly typical shield volcano, named for its gentle slopes that ...

The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island sprang to life yet again this week with a Tuesday morning eruption that shot lava more than 300 feet in the air.

The most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest is the Axial Seamount. It’s located 300 miles west of Astoria, Oregon, and a mile under the ocean. It’s erupted three times in the past 25 years.