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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is in Hawaii, it
is located on the biggest Hawaiian Island. The volcanoes there are not
as dangerous as other volcanoes around the world so people are allowed
to come and see them. In this national park there are native rain
forests, native plants, and archaeological sites for you to visit.
Animals
Some of the animals that have their habitats in Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park are:
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Pig
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Rat
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Mongoose
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Hawksbill Turtle
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Cat
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Shearwater
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Pelagic Petrel
Most of these animals are on the park's beaches.
Volcanoes
The big Hawaiian island was formed by three active volcanoes: Mauna Loa,
Kiauea, and Hualalai. Mauna Loa and Kilauea are some of the world's most
active volcanoes.
There is also an active underwater volcano, Lo'ihi
Seamount, it is about 20 miles off the Southeast coast of Hawaii. Lo'ihi
Seamount is about 3,000 feet below sea level. If the volcano keeps growing
it will probably explode in about 60,000 years.
The volcano house
A volcano house is a house on the rim of a volcano crater,
it was made because people exploring volcano craters needed a place to
stay. The first volcano house was built in 1846.
Park History
It took 10 years to make Hawaii Volcanoes a national
park. A man named Lorrin Thurston who was the publisher of a Hawaiian newspaper
decided that the area should be a public park. Lorrin Thurston started
working on the park in 1906 and in 1912 Dr. Thomas Jaggar, who decided
to be the director of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, started working
with Lorrin Thurston. They both decided that Hawaii Volcanoes should
be a national park. They had to get the president, Woodrow Wilson to sign
a law so Hawaii Volcanoes could be a national park. This happened
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