Mauna Loa is among the 5 volcanoes that together make up the Big Island of Hawaii the Hawaiian archipelagos southernmost island. Its name means long mountain in Hawaiian. This volcano takes up more than 50 per cent of the Big Islands land mass and it rises 30,000 feet from the bottom of the sea, much higher than the Mount Everest. It is the largest (not tallest) volcano in the world. The tallest volcano is Mauna Kea.
Mauna Loa last erupted in 1984. It has erupted 33 times since 1843. The recent 2022 eruption is the 34thsince the written history began in 1843. This volcano is situated at immediate north of Kilauea Volcano, which is infamous for the 2018 eruption that destroyed 700 homes and sent lava that purged farms before entering into the ocean.