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A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a typically conical volcano built up by many alternating layers of hardened lava and tephra. [1] Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and explosive eruptions. [2] Some have collapsed summit craters called calderas. [3]
Famous for its violent eruption in August 24, A.D. 79. Its last eruption happened in March 1944. Designated a Decade Volcano. Stromboli and Vulcano, two of the Lipari Islands. The former has been continuously erupting for more than two millennia, making it the second most active volcano in Europe. [citation needed]. The latter last erupted in 1890.
The typical stratocone is an andesitic to dacitic volcano that is associated with subduction zones. They are also known as either stratified volcano, composite cone, bedded volcano, cone of mixed type or Vesuvian-type volcano. [1] [2]
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Hike via south slope of volcano (closest area near eruption site) Mount St. Helens (known as Lawetlat'la to the local Cowlitz people , and Loowit or Louwala-Clough to the Klickitat ) is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington , [ 1 ] in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
A complex volcano, also called a compound volcano or a volcanic complex, is a mixed landform consisting of related volcanic centers and their associated lava flows and pyroclastic rock. [1] They may form due to changes in eruptive habit or in the location of the principal vent area on a particular volcano. [ 2 ]
2020: Taal Volcano. The Taal volcano in the Philippines slept for 43 years before it rumbled into a violent awakening on 12 January 2020. Tens of thousands were sent into shelter and a total of 39 ...
Royal Society Volcano, Antarctica; Cerro Volcánico, Argentina; Mount Mayabobo, Philippines; Bombalai Hill (Sabah, Malaysia); Geghama mountains, Armenia; Chaîne des Puys, France (a chain of volcanoes including cinder cones)