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A volcano is commonly defined as a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, ...
Sangay (also known as Macas, Sanagay, or Sangai) [8] is an active stratovolcano in central Ecuador.It exhibits mostly strombolian activity. Geologically, Sangay marks the southern boundary of the Northern Volcanic Zone, and its position straddling two major pieces of crust accounts for its high level of activity.
In 2014, McDonald’s created bubble gum-flavored broccoli in an effort to make kids like the veggie more, however, it never made it to the menu. 80. The world’s largest ocean is the Pacific Ocean.
Pacaya is the largest post-caldera volcano, and has been one of Central America's most active volcanoes over the last 500 years. It has erupted at least 23 times since the Spanish conquest, [1] [8] producing basalt and basaltic andesite. [9] About 1,100 years ago the volcano's edifice collapsed, causing a huge landslide.
It is one of Melanesia's youngest and most active volcanoes. Bagana is a massive symmetrical, roughly 1893m-high lava cone largely constructed by an accumulation of viscous andesitic lava flows. The entire lava cone could have been constructed in about 300 years at its present rate of lava production.
Mount Yasur is a volcano on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, 361 m (1,184 ft) high above sea level, [2] on the coast near Sulphur Bay, northeast of the taller Mount Tukosmera, which was active in the Pleistocene. It has a largely unvegetated pyroclastic cone with a nearly circular summit crater 400 m in diameter. [1]
Mount Iraya is a sacred mountain for the Ivatan people. There are two contrasting tales regarding the mountain. The first tale states that the mountain is a mother looking over her children - the Ivatans - to ensure their protection. [3]
The upper slopes of the volcano are largely ice-covered, with several major glaciers including five which reach the sea. [6] The longest of the glaciers is the Weyprecht Glacier, which flows from the summit crater via a breach through the northwestern portion of the crater rim, and extends about 6 km (4 mi) down to the sea.