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Grande Soufrière, La
(Encyclopedia)Grande Soufrière, La, volcano, Guadeloupe: see Soufrière. ...Jaggar,Thomas Augustus, Jr.
(Encyclopedia)Jaggar,Thomas Augustus, Jr., 1871–1953, American geologist and volcanologist, b. Philadelphia, Ph.D. Harvard, 1897. One of the team of U.S. scientists (1902) who surveyed the eruptions in the West I...Kiso Ontake, Mount
(Encyclopedia)Kiso Ontake, Mount, volcano, Japan: see Ontake, Mount. ...El Misti
(Encyclopedia)El Misti, volcano, Peru: see Misti, El. ...Vulcano
(Encyclopedia)Vulcano, island and volcano, Italy: see Lipari Islands. ...Stromboli
(Encyclopedia)Stromboli, island and volcano, Italy: see Lipari Islands. ...Anak Krakatau
(Encyclopedia)Anak Krakatau, island and volcano, Indonesia: see under Krakatoa. ...Novarupta
(Encyclopedia)Novarupta, volcano, Alaska: see Katmai National Park and Preserve. ...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...Browse by Subject
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