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Taupo, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Taupo, Lake touˈpō [key], largest lake of New Zealand, 234 sq mi (606 sq km) and 552 ft (168 m) deep, in central North Island. Originally fed by over 20 streams, the lake is drained by the Waikato R...

Kelud, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kelud, Mount kəlo͞od [key], Bahasa Indonesia, Gunung Kelud, active volcano, 5,643 ft (1,720 m) high, central East Java prov., Indonesia, SE of Kediri and NE of Blitar; also known as Mt. Kelut. Lahar...

Aso-san

(Encyclopedia)Aso-san äˈsō-sän [key] or Mount Aso, volcanic mountain, central Kyushu, Japan. Aso-san is topped by one of the world's largest calderas (circumference 75 mi/121 km) that contains five volcanic con...

Kilimanjaro

(Encyclopedia)Kilimanjaro kĭlˌĭmənjäˈrō [key], highest mountain of Africa, NE Tanzania. An extinct volcano, it rises in two peaks, Uhuru (Kibo; 19,340 ft/5,895 m, Africa's highest point) and Mawenzi (17,564 ...

Nevado del Ruiz

(Encyclopedia)Nevado del Ruiz, volcano, 17,457 ft (5,321 m) high, in the Cordillera Central of the N Andes, E Colombia, on the Caldas-Tolima dept. border. A broad, glacier-covered stratovolcano, it can produce expl...

Sangihe Islands

(Encyclopedia)Sangihe Islands sängˈē [key], volcanic group (314 sq mi/813 sq km), Indonesia, NE of Sulawesi. Tahuna is the chief town and port. The islands are mountainous, forested, and fertile; tropical woods,...

Umnak

(Encyclopedia)Umnak o͞omˈnăk [key], island, c.83 mi (134 km) long, off SW Alaska, one of the largest of the Aleutian Islands. Its two lobes, connected by an isthmus, are marked by volcanic features. The volcanic...

Riobamba

(Encyclopedia)Riobamba rēōbämˈbä [key], city (1990 est. pop. 95,505), capital of Chimborazo prov., central Ecuador, near Chimborazo volcano, in a high basin of the Andes. Riobamba is the headquarters of the ra...

Misti, El

(Encyclopedia)Misti, El ĕl mēˈstē [key], dormant volcano, c.19,150 ft (5,840 m) high, in the Cordillera Occidental, S Peru, rising over the city of Arequipa. El Misti is flanked by two other volcanos—on the N...

Heard Island

(Encyclopedia)Heard Island, barren, uninhabited subantarctic island, 142 sq mi (368 sq km), S Indian Ocean, located some 300 mi (483 km) SE of the Kerguelen Islands. Mountainous and largely covered by snow and glac...