A shield volcano is a wide volcano with shallowly-sloping sides. Shield volcanoes are formed by lava flows of low viscosity - lava that flows easily. Consequently, a volcanic mountain having a ...

Hawaii's Mauna Loa and Kilauea are both shield volcanoes. Though they don't form a classic cone shape, shield volcanoes can be massive: Mauna Loa has an estimated volume of 18,000 cubic miles ...

Volcanoes are grouped into four types: cinder cones, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes and lava volcanoes.

Ethiopia's Erta Ale is a shield volcano whose profile is large and low. If you look at the Earth-based image of Erta Ale (below), you can see that it is almost hard to tell there is a volcanic ...

A shield volcano is formed of fluid lava flows. Pūhāhonu means “turtle rising for breath” in Hawaiian. It’s also considered the largest and hottest oceanic shield volcano on Earth.

A shield volcano is a type of volcano made almost entirely of lava flows. They have a broad dome shape with gentle sloping sides. Mauna Loa, on the Island of Hawaii, covers an area of 2,035 square ...

A seamount in the northwestern Pacific Ocean may be the largest volcano on Earth, and could rival the largest in the solar system -- the mighty Olympus Mons on Mars -- according to oceanographers.

The volcanoes that make the islands of Hawai’i are also shield volcanoes. On Earth, shield volcanoes form when super-hot magma bursts up from deep inside the planet.