How to Use shield volcano in a Sentence

shield volcano

noun

• Ethiopia's Erta Ale is a shield volcano whose profile is large and low.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2016
• The molten rock spewing from 19 fissures on the side of the shield volcano has already destroyed more than two dozen homes.
  — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 May 2018
• Kīlauea, a 4,091-foot-tall shield volcano, is located on the southeastern side of the island of Hawai’i.
  — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2020
• Located on the big island of Hawai'i, the massive shield volcano hasn't been active in 38 years.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2022
• This is unlike Kīlauea, a shield volcano at a hotspot, where lava flows are the dominant product.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2018
• The western slope rises slowly toward the summit of Ok, a low shield volcano shrouded in mist.
  — Lacy M. Johnson, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2016
• Kilauea, the volcano in Hawaii that is currently erupting, is a shield volcano.
  — Anna Rothschild, Washington Post, 10 May 2018
• Often these volcanoes are a type of long, sloping volcano called a shield volcano.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 18 Nov. 2019
• That’s roughly double the volume of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the previous record-holder for largest shield volcano on the planet.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2021
• Kilauea is a shield volcano, built of lava spreading out in all directions from a central vent.
  — Robert Krier, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 May 2018
• Unlike many of the steep-sided volcanoes along the edge of the Pacific Rim, Kilauea is a shield volcano with long, gradually sloping sides.
  — Umair Irfan, Vox, 6 May 2018
• Halla is a shield volcano (like Hawaii's Kilauea) where lava flows have built an enormous, low, broad volcanic edifice.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 25 June 2014
• Currently, a small submarine shield volcano named Loihi lurks off the southeastern coast of Hawai'i.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 24 Aug. 2016
• Scientists have identified the world’s largest shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, which is barely visible above the waters of the Pacific.
  — Fox News, 15 May 2020
• Every nine months, on average, Réunion’s shield volcano, Piton de la Fournaise, puts on an amazing show of pyrotechnics.
  — Katie Knorovsky, National Geographic, 23 Apr. 2019
• This tropical paradise consists of a massive shield volcano, which covers a great portion of the island of Maui, and also includes abundant waterfalls and rain forests.
  — Giovanna Caravetta, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2023
• This simmering cauldron atop one of the five shield volcanoes that form the Big Island of Hawaii has inspired ritual and reverence for generations.
  — George W. Stone, National Geographic, 16 Aug. 2019
• Kilauea, however, is a shield volcano, where basaltic lava flows almost continuously out of a summit crater and other vents, building a flat dome.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 11 May 2018
• This allows for different types of eruptions, with shield volcanoes being much less violent.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 17 May 2018
• In a separate project, scientists recently identified the world’s largest shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, which is barely visible above the waters of the Pacific.
  — Fox News, 16 June 2020
• Whereas Kilauea, a shield volcano, is characterized by large globs of slow-moving lava inching out of fissures, Fuego, a stratovolcano, is prone to spewing fast-moving flows of ash, lava, and mud.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 4 June 2018
• Kilauea is a shield volcano with lava that is relatively fluid, so when trapped gas expands and bursts, the resulting eruptions are typically not as deadly.
  — Denise Chow /, NBC News, 5 June 2018
• The two volcanoes are also different shapes: Kilauea is a gently sloping shield volcano, unlike Mount St. Helens, which is a steep-sided stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 17 May 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024