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A shield volcano is a type of volcano ... beginning with large "curtains of fire" that quickly die down and concentrate at specific locations on the volcano's rift ...
This list of shield volcanoes includes active, dormant and extinct shield volcanoes.Shield volcanoes are one of the three types [specify] of volcanoes. They have a short cone shape, and have basaltic lava which means the lava has low viscosity (viscosity is a measure of the ability for a liquid to flow)
Sif Mons is an active shield volcano located in Eistla Regio on Venus.It has a diameter of 500 kilometers (310 mi) and a height of 2.2 kilometers (1.4 mi). The volcano is one of the few identified active extraterrestrial volcanoes, having last erupted between 1990 and 1992.
Mount Wrangell, (Ahtna: K’ełt’aeni, or K’ełedi when erupting) [3] is a massive shield volcano located in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in southeastern Alaska, United States. The shield rises over 12,000 feet (3,700 m) above the Copper River to its southwest.
The Medicine Lake shield rises about 3,900 ft (1,200 m) above the Modoc Plateau to an elevation of 7,795 ft (2,376 m). Lavas from Medicine Lake Volcano are estimated to be at least 140 cu mi (600 km 3 ) in volume , making Medicine Lake the largest volcano by volume in the Cascade Range ( Newberry Volcano in Oregon has the second largest volume).
Highest point; Elevation: 4,061 ft (1,238 m) NAVD 88 [1] Prominence: 975 ft (297 m) [2] Coordinates: 1]: Geography; Location: Multnomah County, Oregon, U.S.: Topo map: USGS Multnomah Falls: Geology; Rock age: 1.8–1.4 Ma: Mountain type: Shield volcano [3]: Volcanic field: Boring Lava Field: Last eruption: 1.4 Ma: Climbing; Easiest route: paved road (June–October) hiking trails (November ...
Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, which means it's shaped like a shield rather than a steep-sided cone volcano. Its caldera at the top is a few miles wide and long, and about 300 feet deep.
Olympus Mons (/ ə ˌ l ɪ m p ə s ˈ m ɒ n z, oʊ-/; [4] Latin for 'Mount Olympus') is a large shield volcano on Mars.It is over 21.9 km (13.6 mi; 72,000 ft) high as measured by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), [5] about 2.5 times the elevation of Mount Everest above sea level.