Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-03054

Lava flows from Little Belknap shield volcano in the central Cascade Range of Oregon on the right skyline diverge around a kipuka, a forested island of pre-eruption terrain in the center of the photo. Kipuka is a Hawaiian term for older land surrounded by lava flows. Photo by Lee Siebert, 1995 (Smithsonian Institution).

Lava flows from Little Belknap shield volcano in the central Cascade Range of Oregon on the right skyline diverge around a kipuka, a forested island of pre-eruption terrain in the center of the photo. Kipuka is a Hawaiian term for older land surrounded by lava flows.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1995 (Smithsonian Institution).

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