Mauna Loa Volcano

Why in news?

• Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, may erupt in the near future

About Mauna Loa Volcano:

• Mauna Loa is one of five volcanoes that together make up the Big Island of Hawaii.
• It is the southernmost island in the Hawaiian archipelago, North Pacific Ocean (United States)
• It sits immediately north of Kilauea volcano, which is currently erupting from its summit crater.
  • Kilauea is well-known for a 2018 eruption that destroyed 700 homes and sent rivers of lava spreading across farms and into the ocean.
• Mauna Loa last erupted 38 years ago.

Other recently erupted volcanoes:

• Sangay Volcano: Ecuador
• Taal Volcano: Philippines
• Mt. Sinabung, Merapi volcano, Semeru volcano (Indonesia)

List of volcanoes in India:

• Barren Island, Andaman Islands (Active since 2021)
• Narcondam, Andaman Islands
• Baratang Island, Andaman Islands (Active since 2003)
• Deccan Plateau
• Dhinodhar Hills, Gujarat
• Dhosi Hill, Haryana
• Loktak Lake, Manipur
• Tosham Hills Haryana

PRACTICE QUESTION:

Consider the following pairs:

  Active volcanoes         : Country in which located

1. Sangay                    : Ecuador

2. Mauna Loa             : Indonesia

3. Taal                         : Spain

Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 1 and 2 only

(d) 1 and 3 only

Answer