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Eldfell
Erupted on a small island, called Heimaey, south of Iceland.
Eldfell
Lava flows threatened to close off harbor. People fought lava by spraying cold water on it.
Kilauea
A shield volcano in Hawaii that is the most active in the world. Has been erupting constantly since 1983.
Krakatoa
Composite volcano in Indonesia. Produced loudest noise heard by man.
Krakatoa
Caused tsunami that killed 23,000, 1883
Lake Nyos
In Cameroon, where CO2 cloud was released in a limnic eruption (lake overturn) and suffocated about 1700-1800 people in 1986
Mauna Kea
tallest mountain when measured from base to peak. Is a shield volcano in Hawaii.
Mt. Pelee
Composite cone , Martinique, Erupted in 1902,
Mt. Pelee
killed 30,000 in the town of St. Pierre by Pyroclastic flow, one survived in jail cell
Mt. St. Helens
the large volcano in the Cascades that erupted on May 18, 1980 (Composite cone)
Mt. St. Helens
killed Harry Truman in a lahar
Mt. Tambora
A composite volcano in Indonesia that killed 80,000 people by starvation during the year without a summer.
Olympus Mons
largest volcano in the solar system, located on Mars. Is a shield volcano that grew so large because Mars has no plate tectonics to move it off the hotspot that formed it.
Paricutin
A cinder cone in Mexico that erupted in Dionisio Pulido's cornfield. After 12 years of on and off pyroclastic explosions and continuous lava flow from base vents, 1943
Mount Nyiragongo
Fastest lava in the world