Earth Science Facts Practice 3.4
Mount Katmai
In 1912, the top of this Alaskan volcano collapsed when its magma chamber emptied out Novarupta's vent, forming a caldera (USGS image by Cyrus Read).
Mount Pinatubo
One of a chain of stratovolcanoes, this one erupted violently on a Pacific island in June of 1991 (USGS image).
Stromboli volcano
The term "strombolian eruption" is based on this Italian volcano that has erupted almost continuously for the past 2,400 years (USGS image by B. Chouet).
Mount Martin
This Alaskan volcano has been continuously active for at least 100 years.
Augustine volcano
This Alaskan volcano is a picture-perfect example of a stratovolcano (Alaska Volcano Observatory image by Dennis Anderson, Night Trax Photography).
Cleveland volcano
This Aleutian island volcano has been fairly active in recent years. The false-color image shows vegetated areas in red (AVO image by GeoEye, 2010).
Kilauea volcano
This Hawaiian shield volcano has been erupting continuously since 1983 (USGS image).
Krakatoa Volcano
This Indonesian volcano erupted in 1883, and its explosion is considered one of the loudest sounds ever recorded (public domain image drawn in the early 19th century, before it exploded)
Mount Etna
This International Space Station Image (Oct. 30, 2002) shows an active Italian volcano. The dark plume is the eruption, the lighter-colored smoke is a forest fire ignited by lava.
Mount Fuji
This Japanese stratovolcano has not erupted since 1708 (Wikipedia public domain image).
Novarupta volcano
This lava dome marks the site of the world's largest volcanic eruption in over 100 years (as of 2011)
Fernandina volcano
This volcanic island (in center) is the youngest of the Galapagos Island archipelago (NASA image).
Mount St Helens
This volcano exploded on May 18, 1980 at 8:32 a.m., and served as a great reminder that catastrophic events are the major shapers of earth's surface (USGS image by Bob Krimmel).
Karymsky
This volcano on eastern Russia's Kamchatka peninsula has been active since 1996 (2003 Image by Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team).
Popocatepetl
This volcano's Aztec name means "smoking mountain", and is situated 55 km east of Mexico City, Mexico. It is North America's 2nd highest volcano (Google Earth image looking West towards Mexico City).
