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Mauna LoaMauna Loa is an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii. The Hawaiian name "Mauna Loa" means " The Long Mountain". Mauna Loa is the largest shield volcano of the Earth, with a volume estimated at approximately 18 000 cubic miles (75,000 cubic km), although its peak is about 120 feet (37 meters) below ...
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Mount NyiragongoMount Nyiragongo is a resulting volcano in the Virunga Mountains associated with the East African zone faults. It is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, about 19 km north of Goma and Lake Kivu to the west of the border with Rwanda. The main crater is of 250 m deep, two km wide and sometimes contains a lava lake. Mount Nyiragongo is close to Nayamuragira , collectiv...
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Mount RainierMount Rainier is a stratovolcano in Pierce County, Washington, located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is part of the Volcanic Arc Cascade and the highest peak in the Cascade mountains having 14,410 feet (4392 meters). The mountain and the surrounding area are enclosed within the National Park Mount Rainier. With 26 major glaciers, Mount Rainier...
Mount Rainier - The Most Dangerous Volcanoes of the XXI Century
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Santa Maria volcanoSanta Maria is a large active volcano in the western highlands of Guatemala, close to the city of Quetzaltenango. Its eruption in 1902 was one of the three largest eruptions of the 20th century, and the third large eruption of the year, after the mountain Pelii in Martinique and St. Vincent in Sofriri. It was also one of the five largest eruptions of the past 200 (and probably 300) years. The eruption i...
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Galeras volcanoGaleras (Urcunina for indigenous people) is a volcano in Colombia, near the city of Pasto. Its peak is located at an altitude of 4276 meters (4029 feet) above the sea level. The volcano has erupted frequently since the Spanish conquest, and in 1993 the eruption killed nine people, including five scientists who descended into the crater to sample gases. ...
Galeras volcano - The Most Dangerous Volcanoes of the XXI Century
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Ulawun volcanoVolcanoes have long been considered one of the most large-scale natural disasters because on the one hand, and on the other - for the same reason - have attracted the attention of geologists and the best-known journalists in the world. And we tried to rank the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. Volcanoes tend to concentrate in certain areas, like flocks of birds. For example, in the Pacific, to be exact, Indonesia. Also, there is a huge concentration of volca...
Ulawun volcano - The Most Dangerous Volcanoes of the XXI Century
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Colima volcanoThe volcano of Colima is situated in the west of Mexico (Jalisco), in the volcanic highlands, 80 km from the Pacific coast. It consists of two conical peaks, the highest of them (Nevado de Colima, 4625 m) is an extinct volcano, most of the year covered by snow. Another peak is an active volcano of Colima, or the Volkan de Fuego de Colima, the "Volcano of Fire", the heigh...
Colima volcano - The Most Dangerous Volcanoes of the XXI Century
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Etna volcanoEtna is an active volcano located on the east coast of Sicily , near the cities of Messina and Catania . It is the highest active volcano in Europe . Its height varies from Etna's eruption to eruption. So, now the volcano is 21.6 m lower than it was in 1865 . Etna is the highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps , it covers an area of 1250 square kilometers. Thus, Etna is the l...
Etna volcano - The Most Dangerous Volcanoes of the XXI Century
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Koryak volcanoThe Koryak volcano is a true beauty. Its growth surpasses all other volcanoes of this group, its height is of 3456 m. This is a typical volcano, with a very correct, one might say, classic shape of a cone. Description At the apex of the cone ...
Koryak volcano - The Most Dangerous Volcanoes of the XXI Century
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Merapi volcanoMerapi is the largest volcano in Indonesia, the current volcano , located on the island of Java near the city of Yogyakarta . It has a height of 2914 meters. Large eruptions occur on average every 7 years, small eruptions at about 2 times a year, and the volcano is smoking almost every day. In 1006 the eruption had destroyed the kingdom of the Indo-Javanese Matara...
Merapi volcano - The Most Dangerous Volcanoes of the XXI Century
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