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| The word volcano is derived from the name of Vulcano, a volcanic island in the Aeolian Islands of Italy whose name in turn originates from Vulcan, the name of a god of fire in Roman mythology.[2] The study of volcanoes is called volcanology, sometimes spelled vulcanology. | ||||
| Lava refers both to molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption and the resulting rock after solidification and cooling. This molten rock is formed in the interior of some planets, including Earth. When first erupted from a volcanic vent, lava is a liquid at temperatures from 700 °C to 1,200 °C (1,300 °F to 2,200 °F). | ||||
| Manam, known locally as Manam Motu, is an island located in the Bismarck Sea near the coast of mainland Papua New Guinea.
The island was created by the activity of the Manam Volcano, one of the country’s most active. It was inhabited until 2004, but it is now abandoned and its residents resettled elsewhere in Papua New Guinea. | ||||
| Mount Fuji is an attractive volcanic cone. Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic formations. They are built by ejects from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a central crater. Volcanic cones are of different types, depending upon the nature and size of the fragments ejected during the eruption. | ||||
| Mount Rinjani or Gunung Rinjani is an active volcano in Indonesia on the island of Lombok. It rises to 12,224 feet, making it the second highest volcano in Indonesia. On the top of the volcano is a crater lake known as Segara Anak (Child of the Sea). This lake is estimated at being around 600 feet. deep and the area also contains hot springs. | ||||
| A phreatic eruption, occurs when rising magma makes contact with ground or surface water. The extreme temperature of the magma (1,112 to 2,138 °F) causes near-instantaneous evaporation to steam resulting in an explosion of steam, water, ash, rock. Phreatic
eruptions typically include steam and rock fragments; the inclusion of
lava is unusual. | ||||
| Mount St. Helens is most famous for its catastrophic eruption on May
18, 1980, which was the deadliest and most economically destructive
volcanic
event in the history of the United States. Fifty-eight people were
killed; 250 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles (24 km) of railways, and
185 miles (298 km) of highway were destroyed. |