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Puʻu ʻŌʻō
Puu Ōō (often written Puu Oo, and pronounced is a volcanic cone in the eastern rift zone of the Kīlauea volcano of the Hawaiian Islands. Puu Ōō has been erupting continuously since January 3, 1983, making it the longest-lived rift-zone eruption of the last two centuries.
By January 2005, of magma covered an area of more than and added of land to the Southeast coast of Hawaii. So far, the eruption has claimed 189 buildings and of highways, as well as a church, a store, the Wahaula Visitor Center, and many ancient Hawaiian sites, including the Wahaula heiau. The coastal highway has been closed since 1987, as it has been buried under lava up to thick.
== Etymology ==
The hill was initially nicknamed "Puu O" by volcanologists, as its position when marked on a map of the area coincided with an "o" in "Lava flow of 1965". Later, the elders of the village of Kalapana were asked to name the new hill, and chose ''Puʻu ʻŌʻō'', meaning ''hill of the digging stick''.〔C. Heliker, D.A. Swanson, T.J. Takahashi: ''The Puu Ōō-Kūpaianaha Eruption of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii: The First 20 Years''. In: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 1676, 2003. (Online Version )〕 The name is also often translated as "Hill of the Ōō Bird".
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