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Some info in the article is obviously incorrect. As UNESCO pointed out, the world's "most massive" volcano (what is this?) and the most active volcanoes are found in Kamchatka. --Ghirlandajo 07:40, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure the "most massive" quote is correct. Since Mauna Loa starts at the bottom of the ocean, it's actually about 10,000 m tall. I don't know about the most active, but Kilauea has been erupting for about 160 of the last 200 years. What's the UNESCO reference? KarlM 08:38, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's website says this about Kilauea:

"The caldera was the site of nearly continuous activity during the 19th century and the early part of this century. Since 1952 there have been 34 eruptions, and since January 1983 eruptive activity has been continuous along the east rift zone. All told, Kilauea ranks among the world's most active volcanoes and may even top the list." [1].

Also, note that the current Wikipedia article doesn't claim that Kilauea is the most active volcano on earth, it only says that it is "one of the world's most active volcanoes."

helo there my name is alexa and i know every thing in the world and i know everything in the world including everythign on the hawaii volcaones national park just click here to find out adn mason is a girl name. but can't we do better than that? A mention of the Mark Twain house would be nice. —Wrathchild ^(talk) 20:22, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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 :Also, note that the current Wikipedia article doesn't claim that Kilauea is ''the'' most active volcano on earth, it only says that it is "one of the world's most active volcanoes."
+:helo there my name is alexa and i know every thing in the world and i know everything in the world including everythign on the hawaii volcaones national park just click here to find out adn mason is a girl name. but can't we do better than that? A mention of the Mark Twain house would be nice. &mdash;[[User:Wrathchild-K|Wrathchild]] <sup><small>([[User talk:Wrathchild-K|talk]])</small></sup> 20:22, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
-:As for Mauna Loa, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has this to say: <blockquote>"Rising gradually to more than 4 km above sea level, Mauna Loa is the largest volcano on our planet. Its long submarine flanks descend to the sea floor an additional 5 km, and the sea floor in turn is depressed by Mauna Loa's great mass another 8 km. This makes the volcano's summit about 17 km (56,000 ft) above its base! The enormous volcano covers half of the Island of Hawai`i and by itself amounts to about 85 percent of all the other Hawaiian Islands combined." [http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/maunaloa/]</blockquote>
-:However, I'm curious as to what UNESCO says, too. [[User:Aoi|青い(Aoi)]] 01:27, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
-== Non-unique information ==
-Almost all of the text here is cribbed directly from [http://www.nps.gov/havo/index.htm]. Granted, as a government site the information is in the public domain, but can't we do better than that? A mention of the Mark Twain house would be nice. &mdash;[[User:Wrathchild-K|Wrathchild]] <sup><small>([[User talk:Wrathchild-K|talk]])</small></sup> 20:22, 25 October 2006 (UTC)