# Scientists identify Earth's largest shield volcano.
A team of researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa has declared nearby "Puhahonu as Earth's biggest and hottest shield volcano" in a study published online this month in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
Mauna Loa in Hawaii has long reigned at the world's largest shield volcano, but it might need to acknowledge the new champion in that category of largest shield volcanoes. There are multiple types of volcanoes (including stratovolcanoes and cinder cones), but shield volcanoes like Mauna Loa and Kilauea are among the most famous and recognizable. "Shield volcanoes are almost exclusively basalt, a type of lava that is very fluid when erupted"
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