Moku‘āweoweo
caldera, Hawaii, United States
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Mokuʻāweoweo is the summit caldera of Mauna Loa, the largest volcano on Earth, located in Hawaii, United States. A caldera is a large, bowl-shaped volcanic depression that forms when the top of a volcanic cone collapses into the space left after magma is ejected during a violent eruption. Mokuʻāweoweo caldera has an area of nearly 6 square miles (15 square km) and a depth of 600 feet (180 meters). Kilauea, another volcano in Hawaii, also features a caldera, which is a broad, shallow depression nearly 3 miles (5 km) long.123
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