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Volcano
A vent or opening in a planet's surface that lets out pressurized molten rocks or magma, and gases from the inner core. Volcanoes come in various shapes and structure, but the most common ones are mountain-like structures with a crater at the summit.
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Volcanic cone
Natural environment; Volcano
A mound of loose material that was ejected ballistically.
Tumulus
Natural environment; Volcano
A doming or small mound on the crest of a lava flow caused by pressure due to the difference in the rate of flow between the cooler crust and the more fluid lava below.
Tuff cone
Natural environment; Volcano
A type of volcanic cone formed by the interaction of basaltic magma and water. Smaller and steeper than a tuff ring.
Spatter rampart
Natural environment; Volcano
A ridge of congealed pyroclastic material (usually basaltic) built up on a fissure or vent.
Hudson mountains
Natural environment; Volcano
The Hudson Mountains is a group of parasitic cones forming nunataks just above the Antarctic ice sheet in west Ellsworth Land. They lie just east of Cranton Bay and Pine Island Bay at the eastern ...
Mount frakes
Natural environment; Volcano
Mount Frakes is a prominent shield volcano marking the highest elevation in the Crary Mountains, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The mountain was mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air ...
Mount hampton
Natural environment; Volcano
Mount Hampton is a shield volcano with a circular ice-filled crater occupying much of the summit area. It is the northernmost of the extinct volcanoes which comprise the Executive Committee Range in ...
