1 Created in 1961, this Commission is considered a quasi-judicial board. Its meetings are held as necessary on the first Monday of each month at 6:00 pm. 2  The commission is composed of nine members who are required to be resident citizens and qualified voters of the city.
View full size image. Kilauea is one of the worldâs most active volcanoes. It is a shield-type volcano that makes up the southeastern side of the Big Island of Hawaii. The volcano rises 4,190 feet (1,227 meters) above sea level and is about 14 percent of the land area of the Big Island.ilauea is one of the worldâs most active volcanoes. It is a shield-type volcano that makes up the southeastern side of the Big Island of Hawaii.
An volcanic eruption is a place where hot melted rock called magma rises from deep inside the earth and erupts as lava out of the earth's crust. The world has three main types of volcanoes: Shield, Cinder, and Composite. The volcanoes in the Hawaiian Islands are Shield type volcanoes with long gentle slopes.fter many thousands of eruptions over a long period of time, the volcano mountains eventually grow to rise above the ocean to become islands. This is how the Hawaiian Islands were made. Here is a diagram of recent lava flows from the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island on February 4, 2011.