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The ClueFinders 5th Grade Adventures: Secret of the Living Volcano is a computer game in The Learning Company's ClueFinders series of educational software.In the game, the ClueFinders are shipwrecked on a mysterious volcanic island, inhabited by centuries of trapped castaways, where any escape attempt seems to be deliberately thwarted by natural forces.
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island (also known as SpongeBob and Friends: Battle for Volcano Island in PAL regions) is an action-adventure video game developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment (PS2, GC), Halfbrick (GBA), Natsume (DS), published by THQ, and it is the sequel to the 2005 video game Nicktoons Unite!. The game was first released on ...
Geologically, a volcanic island is an island of volcanic origin. The term high island can be used to distinguish such islands from low islands , which are formed from sedimentation or the uplifting of coral reefs (which have often formed on sunken volcanoes).
The Arago hotspot which has a northern track through the Cook Islands area is the younger, in this area of the Pacific, of the two definite volcanic hot spots that contributed to the formation of most of the southern Cook Islands. [3] The Arago hotspot Cook Islands are: Palmerston; Aitutaki (9·39 Ma) [3] Atiu (7.44 to 7·20 Ma) [3] Manaue ...
Krakatoa (/ ˌ k r ɑː k ə ˈ t oʊ ə, ˌ k r æ k-/), also transcribed Krakatau (/-ˈ t aʊ /), is a caldera [1] in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung. The caldera is part of a volcanic island group (Krakatoa archipelago) comprising four islands.
The island has an area of 2.3 square kilometres (0.89 sq mi) and its highest point is 435 metres (1,427 ft). The peak is a well-defined volcanic crater . In 1981 the island was the centre of earthquakes.
Maupiti is a volcanic island, and lies on the Society hotspot.It is estimated to be 3.9 - 4.5 million years old. [2]: 4 The island is a "near atoll", consisting of a central volcanic peak surrounded by a lagoon and barrier reef with four motu: Auira, Pa'ao, Tuanai, Tiapaa and Pitiahe.
Tenerife is a volcanic island that has built up from the ocean floor during the last 20 million years. [79] [80] Underwater fissural eruptions produced pillow lava, which are produced by the rapid cooling of the magma when it comes in contact with water, obtaining their peculiar shape. This pillow-lava accumulated, constructing the base of the ...