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Aetna

(Encyclopedia)Aetna, volcano: see Etna, Italy.

Huaynaputina

(Encyclopedia)Huaynaputina, volcano, 15,912 ft (4,850 m) high, Moquegua region, S Peru, in the central Andes. A stratovolcano, it lies on the W rim of the Río Tambo canyon and has several ash cones within its crat...

Fuego

(Encyclopedia)Fuego fwēˈgō [key] [Span.,=volcano of fire], active volcano, 12,346 ft (3,763 m) high, S central Guatemala, near the colonial city of Antigua Guatemala. One of Central America's most active volcan...

Surtsey

(Encyclopedia)Surtsey, volcanic island, c.1.25 sq mi (3.2 sq km), S of Iceland in Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands). The island was formed by the eruption (Nov., 1963) of Sutur, an underwater volcano named for a gia...

Api Siau

(Encyclopedia)Api Siau, volcano, Indonesia: see Karangetang. ...

Nyamulagira

(Encyclopedia)Nyamulagira, volcano, Congo (Kinshasa): see Nyamuragira. ...

Quizapú

(Encyclopedia)Quizapú, volcano, Chile: see Cerro Azul. ...

Santiaguito

(Encyclopedia)Santiaguito, volcano, Guatemala: see Santa María. ...

Rinjani, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Rinjani, Mount, volcano, Indonesia: see Lombok. ...

Grande Soufrière, La

(Encyclopedia)Grande Soufrière, La, volcano, Guadeloupe: see Soufrière. ...