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Mount Kilauea, in Hawaii. It has been erupting since 1982, and it is a shield volcano.
The classic examples of shield volcanoes are the massive volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands. Specifically Kilauea and Mauna Loa would be great examples of the classic form of a shield volcano.

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