Volcano
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A volcano is a mountain where lava (very hot, melted rock) comes from under the ground. Most volcanoes have a crater at the top.
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[edit] How volcanoes are made
Most volcanoes are made where giant slabs of rock that make up the world, called plates, crash into each other. These plates move over each other, causing magma to rise to the top through weak places in the crust.
[edit] Well-known volcanoes
- Etna (Sicily, Italy)
- Hekla (Iceland)
- Kilauea (Hawaii, USA)
- Krakatoa (Rakata, Indonesia)
- Mauna Loa (Hawaii, USA)
- Mauna Kea (Hawaii, USA)
- Mount Baker (Washington, USA)
- Mount Erebus (Ross Island, Antarctica)
- Mount Hood (Oregon, USA)
- Mount Fuji (Honshu, Japan)
- Mount Rainier (Washington, USA)
- Mount Shasta (California, USA)
- Mount St. Helens (Washington, USA)
- Novarupta (Alaska, USA)
- Olympus Mons (Mars (planet))
- Popocatépetl (Mexico-Puebla state line, Mexico)
- Surtsey (Surtsey island, Iceland)
- Santorini (Santorini island, Greece)
- Tambora (Sumbawa, Indonesia)
- Teide (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain)
- Vesuvius (Bay of Naples, Italy)
- Mount Ruapehu (Nth Island, New Zealand)
- Mount Edziza (British Columbia, Canada)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] Books
- Macdonald, Gordon A., and Agatin T. Abbott. (1970). Volcanoes in the Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 441 p.
- Ollier, Cliff. (1988). Volcanoes. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, UK, ISBN 0-631-15664-X (hardback), ISBN 0-631-15977-0 (paperback).
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