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El Misti

(Encyclopedia)El Misti, volcano, Peru: see Misti, El. ...

Stromboli

(Encyclopedia)Stromboli, island and volcano, Italy: see Lipari Islands. ...

Novarupta

(Encyclopedia)Novarupta, volcano, Alaska: see Katmai National Park and Preserve. ...

Anak Krakatau

(Encyclopedia)Anak Krakatau, island and volcano, Indonesia: see under Krakatoa. ...

Agua

(Encyclopedia)Agua äˈwä, äˈgwä [key] [Span.,=volcano of water], volcano, 12,310 ft (3,752 m) high, S Guatemala. In 1541, climaxing several days of unceasing rain and earthquakes, a lahar (a fast-moving mud a...

Kilauea

(Encyclopedia)Kilauea kēˈläwāˈə [key], volcano and caldera, 3,646 ft (1,111 m) deep, central Hawaii island, Hawaii, on the southeastern slope of Mauna Loa in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. One of the largest...

Pele, Hawaiian goddess

(Encyclopedia)Pele pāˈlā [key], Hawaiian goddess of the volcano. Her traditional home is Halemaumau, the fiery pit crater within the Kilauea caldera on the island of Hawaii. ...

Tajumulco

(Encyclopedia)Tajumulco täho͞omo͞olˈkō [key], inactive volcano, 13,816 ft (4,211 m) high, W Guatemala. It is the highest mountain in Central America. ...

Meru, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Meru, Mount māˈro͞o [key], extinct volcano, 14,979 ft (4,566 m) high, NE Tanzania, near Mt. Kilimanjaro. Coffee is grown on its lower slopes. ...

Raung

(Encyclopedia)Raung, active volcano, East Java prov., Indonesia, rising to 10,932 ft (3,332 m), with a steep-sided, 1.2-mi (2-km) wide caldera that is 1,600 ft (500 m) deep. It is located SW of Ijen caldera. A mass...
 

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