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Mauna Kea (/ ˌ m ɔː n ə ˈ k eɪ ə, ˌ m aʊ n ə-/, [6] Hawaiian: [ˈmɐwnə ˈkɛjə]; abbreviation for Mauna a Wākea) [7] is a dormant shield volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi. [8] Its peak is 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft) above sea level, making it the highest point in Hawaii and the island with the second highest high point, behind New Guinea, the world's largest tropical island with ...
Volcanoes vary greatly in their level of activity, with individual volcanic systems having an eruption recurrence ranging from several times a year to once in tens of thousands of years. [76] Volcanoes are informally described as erupting, active, dormant, or extinct, but the definitions of these terms are not entirely uniform among ...
Mount Edgecumbe (Tlingit: Lʼúx, Russian: Эджком) is located at the southern end of Kruzof Island, Alaska, about 15 miles (24 km) west of Sitka.The dormant volcano is about 9.9 miles (16 km) east of the Queen Charlotte Fault that separates the North American and Pacific Plates, and is the highest point in the Mount Edgecumbe volcanic field, an area of about 100 square miles (260 km 2 ...
An active volcano is a volcano that has erupted during the Holocene (the current geologic epoch that began approximately 11,700 years ago), is currently erupting, or has the potential to erupt in the future. [1] A volcano that is not currently erupting but could erupt in the future is known as a dormant volcano. [1]
Mountain Metres Feet Location and Notes Ojos del Salado: 6,893 22,615: Argentina/Chile – highest dormant volcano on Earth: Monte Pissis: 6,793 22,287: Argentina Nevado Tres Cruces
Two long-dormant “supervolcanoes” on two separate continents appear to be stirring to life. Well, maybe. In recent months, more than a thousand minor earthquakes have rattled the area around ...
Volcanoes that are not currently active, but may be either dormant or extinct or of otherwise uncertain inactive volcanic status. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Inactive volcanoes . Subcategories
Campi Flegrei, a large dormant volcano near Naples, has a history of eruptions, and the last one was in 1538. Recently, increased seismic activity and rising land levels have raised concerns among ...