where is kilauea located on a world map
Kīlauea is one of five subaerial volcanoes that make up the island of Hawai ʻi, created by the Hawaii hotspot. The oldest volcano on the island, Kohala, is more than a million years old, and Kīlauea, the youngest, is believed to be between 300,000 and 600,000 years of age; Lōʻihi Seamount on the island's flank is even younger, but has yet to breach the surface. Thus it is the second youngest volcano in the Hawaiian -- Emperor seamount chain, a chain of shield volcanoes and seamounts extending from Hawaii to the Kuril -- Kamchatka Trench in Russia.