Map showing Kualoloa lava flows originating near the summit of Kīlauea

Map showing Kualoloa lava flows originating near the summit of Kīlauea, with pre- and post-Kualoloa lava flows shown for context. District boundaries and ahupuaʻa borders are also shown, along with placenames mentioned in text. The broader northeastern trending part of the Kualoloa flow field contains a number of kīpuka, and a lava delta was built, creating ka lae Kaloli, the prominent point at the shore. Kaloli is the approximate terminus of a 40-mile-long system of lava tubes that enabled the far and wide distribution of pele during the prolonged eruption. The much smaller south branch of the Kualoloa flows that went towards ʻĀpua is now partially buried by the early 1970s Maunaulu flows.