Definition of VOLCANOES. Meaning of VOLCANOES. Synonyms of VOLCANOES

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Definition of VOLCANOES

Volcanoes
Volcano Vol*ca"no, n.; pl. Volcanoes. [It. volcano, vulcano, fr. L. Vulcanus Vulkan, the god of fire. See Vulkan.] (Geol.) A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popularly called a burning mountain. Note: Volcanoes include many of the most conspicuous and lofty mountains of the earth, as Mt. Vesuvius in Italy (4,000 ft. high), Mt. Loa in Hawaii (14,000 ft.), Cotopaxi in South America (nearly 20,000 ft.), which are examples of active volcanoes. The crater of a volcano is usually a pit-shaped cavity, often of great size. The summit crater of Mt. Loa has a maximum length of 13,000 ft., and a depth of nearly 800 feet. Beside the chief crater, a volcano may have a number of subordinate craters.

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- are underwater, most volcanoes are found underwater. For example, a mid-ocean ridge, such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, has volcanoes caused by divergent...
- composite volcano, is a typically conical volcano built up by many alternating layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes...
- lake in South Cotabato List of potentially active volcanoes in the Philippines List of inactive volcanoes in the Philippines List of mountains in the Philippines...
- Colima Santa María Avachinsky Koryaksky Galeras Rainier The Decade Volcanoes are 16 volcanoes identified by the International ****ociation of Volcanology and...
- cover volcanoes by type and by location. Active volcano List of extraterrestrial volcanoes List of largest volcanic eruptions List of shield volcanoes List...
- volcanism. They include the largest active volcanoes on Earth, such as Mauna Loa. Giant shield volcanoes are found on other planets of the Solar System...
- metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes. Chantico, goddess of the hearth fires and volcanoes. Xiuhtecuhtli, god of fire, day, heat, volcanoes, food in famine, the...
- between 750 and 915 active or dormant volcanoes, around two-thirds of the world total. The exact number of volcanoes within the Ring of Fire depends on which...
- extinct volcanoes. There are 1,350 potentially active volcanoes around the world, 500 of which have erupted in historical time. Many active volcanoes are...
- The Cascade Volcanoes (also known as the Cascade Volcanic Arc or the Cascade Arc) are a number of volcanoes in a volcanic arc in western North America...