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Kīlauea

1,247 m4,091 ft

Prominence: 20 m67 ft
Isolation: 2.7 km
Tonight: 61°FRain showers · Wind 8 mph NNE

Kīlauea is a 1,247 m (4,091 ft) shield volcano in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, Hawaii, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 1,247 m · 4,091 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mauna Loa (4,169 m)
Range: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Region: Hawaii, United States
Protected area: Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Coordinates: 19.4200° N, 155.2876° W

Open the 3D view

3D map

Kīlauea 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Kīlauea topographic map

20 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Kīlauea elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

Kīlauea downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGKīlauea satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-12-12.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Kīlauea weather

Today · Rain showers · 61 / 74°F (16 / 23°C) · 55% chance of precipitation · Wind 2–8 mph NE

Kīlauea forecast for the summit, about 1,062 m.

Today61°74°55%2–8 mph NE
Sat62°74°12%6 mph NE
Sun61°73°7%2 mph ENE
Mon63°73°40%1–5 mph SE
Tue63°72°67%7–10 mph SSW
Wed64°72°76%3 mph ESE
Thu63°73°58%3 mph SE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 16:01 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 10 × 10 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

96.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

2.0%

Steep, 30–45°

0.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.5%

Steeper than 30°: 1.1% of the 100 km² view
Relief in view: 555 m low point 946 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 36.9%Grassland 30.6%Trees 29.0%Shrubland 2.8%Built-up 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 791 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

ʻŌhiʻa Lehua3,068
Bamboo Orchid1,514
False staghorn fern1,207
Pūkiawe1,122
'ohelo 'ai1,095
Kahili ginger1,034

Where it sits

Where Kīlauea sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,247 m at the summit; the official height is 1,247 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,247 m	—
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	1,247 m	-0 m
Copernicus GLO-30	1,245 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,244 m	-3 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-12-12)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia