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A shield volcano is a type of volcano named for its low profile, resembling a shield lying on the ground. It is formed by the eruption of highly fluid (low viscosity ) lava , which travels farther and forms thinner flows than the more viscous lava erupted from a stratovolcano .
This list of shield volcanoes includes active, dormant and extinct shield volcanoes. Shield volcanoes are one of the three types [ specify ] of volcanoes. They have a short cone shape, and have basaltic lava which means the lava has low viscosity (viscosity is a measure of the ability for a liquid to flow)
There were three main shield volcanoes built on the seamount base (from north to south): the Northern Edifice, the Central Edifice and the Jandia Edifice. [75] [27] The central shield volcano is the oldest, built mostly from 22 to 18 Ma but with a later phase from 17.5 to 13 Ma. The southern shield volcano formed from 21 to 14 Ma.
Pages in category "Stratovolcanoes with shield volcano characteristics" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Mount Hampton [a] is a shield volcano with a circular ice-filled caldera.It is a twin volcano with Whitney Peak to the northwest and has erupted phonolite rocks. It is the northernmost of the volcanoes which comprise the Executive Committee Range in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica and was active during the Miocene.
Olson Mountain is south of Prospect, Oregon, northeast of Medford, Oregon, northwest of other shield volcanoes such as Mount McLoughlin, Brown Mountain, Pelican Butte, and Rustler Peak, and east of Lost Creek Lake.
Mount Jarvis is an eroded shield volcano and stratovolcano in the Wrangell Mountains of eastern Alaska.It is located in Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park about 10 miles (16 km) east of the summit of Mount Wrangell.