Kilauea volcano rises to 1,250 metres above the Pacific Ocean.
Sources
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (worldheritageoutlook.iucn.org)
- https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/409/ (whc.unesco.org)
- https://astro.if.ufrgs.br/solar/hawaii.htm (astro.if.ufrgs.br)
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