Volcano Locations

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Volcanoes - Locations

Liang-Fang Chao


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VEI (Volcanic Explosivity Index)

Kilaueaisland in Hawaii, US - continous

Stromboli, island in Italycontinuous eruptionGaleras, Columbia1993 eruption killed 9

scientists

Ruiz, Columbia

Galunggung, Indonesia1982 ash plume caused

all 4 engines to fail on Boing 474.

Mount St. Helens, US

Krakatoa, Indonesia

Tombora, Indonesia1985

eruption caused volcanic winter,

Pompei of the East

Toba, Indonesia - supervolcano


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Volcanoes of the World

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/find_regions.cfm


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Volcanoes in Alaska


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Canada and Western USA


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South America

Columbia

EcuadorGalpagos Islands

Chile

Peru


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Japan and Taiwan

Taiwan

JapanDark Lines are Trenches

at convergent plateboundaries


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Mediterranean and Western Asia


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Novarupta/Katmai, Alaska

A new volcano formed in 1992. The 1992 VEI-6 eruption lasted

60 hours long and released 30times the volume of magma as

the 1980 eruption of Mount St.Helens.

Nearby Katmai has VEI 3 in 1992.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Katmai

Novarupta

Katmai


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Volcano Kilauea

in Hawaii (VEI0)19.413 north latitude

155.273 west longitude.

Right on top of Hawaiian Hot SpotShallow Magma Reservoir

Most active volcano on Earth

But gentle, with VEI = 0 (Volcanic

Explosive Index)


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Mount St. Helenslocated within the Ring of

Fire.Volcano formed when the

small Juan de Fuca Plate

subducted under the North

American Plate.

1980 (VEI5) eruption - a

massive debris avalanche

triggered by an earthquakemeasuring 5.1 on the Richter

scale, caused an eruption

The mountain includes layers

of basaltand andesite

Latitude 46.20 N,

Longitude 122.18 W
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basalthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andesitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andesitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basalt


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Mount Etna, ItalyEurope's highest and most active

volcano.located above a subduction zone

formed where the Eurasian and

African plates collide, which also

produced Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei.

http://geology.com/volcanoes/etna/

Subductoin Zone

Latitude: 374518.24N

Longitude: 145942.9E


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Indonesia and Philippines


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Krakatoa, Indonesia

A Volcanic island betweenJava and Sumatra in

Indonesia, growing by 2cm

per day.

Exploded in 1883, killing 36,417

people.

Loudest sound ever heard in modern

history, being heard nearly 3,000 milesaway.

Tsunami over 300 meters high.

The sky darkened worldwide for

years. http://icecreamgram.blogspot.com/2012/01/krakatoa.html


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Mount Pinatubo in Philippine

The 1991 eruption produced the second largestterrestrial eruption of the 20th century (2ndto the1912 eruption of Katmai in the Alaska )

The caldera wassubsequently filled with waterfrom monsoon rains and a

crater lake was formed.

Global temperatures droppedby about 0.5 C (0.900 F) for 3

years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pinatubo


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Fernandina Island,

Ecuador

The third largest, and youngest,

island of the Galpagos Islands.

The island is an active shield

volcano that has been eruptingsince April 11, 2009.

The Galpagos islands were

formed by the Galpagoshotspot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernandina_Island


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Supervolcano Lake Toba (VEI8)

Lake Tobain Indonesia is a lake andsupervolcano, consisting of fouroverlapping volcanic craters .

The largest volcanic lake in the world - 100km long and 30 km wide, and 505 m deep.

VEI8 eruption 71,000 years ago - thelargest on Earth in the last 25 million years.

Led to a volcanic winter for several yearswith a worldwide decline in temperaturesbetween 5 to 9 F, and up to 27.0 F inhigher latitudes.

Subductoin zone of northeasterlymovement of the Indo-Australian Platewhich is sliding under the eastward-moving Eurasian Plate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Toba


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Eyjafjallajkull in Iceland

Eyjafjallajkull Volcano inIceland (63.63N,

19.62W) - recent VEI4 eruption

in March , 2010

a relatively small glacier in

Iceland whose icecap covers an

active volcano some 1,666

meters (5,466 feet) high.Major flight disruptions across

northern Europe

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