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Types of Volcanoes:

There are at least 26 different types of volcanoes. The three most common types of volcanoes are:

Shield Volcanoes form when liquid lava spills and spreads. Over a long time, the lava builds a low dome shaped mountain. This kind of volcano will erupt red hot lava. Mauna Loa is a shield volcano.

Visit Mauna Loa, the largest volcano in the world. Be sure to click on Eruption History to learn about its most recent eruptions.

Cinder-cone Volcanoes form rock pieces (tephra) erupt and fall back around the vent. This builds a cone shaped mountain. Paricutin, in Mexico, is a cinder cone volcano

Visit Paricutin, and read the story of how the newest volcano in the Western Hemisphere was formed, and what happened when it erupted.

Strato or composite volcanoes are formed when both lava and rocks erupt from a central vent. Mt. St. Helens is a composite volcano. Visit Mount St. Helens and learn what happened during the 1980 eruption.


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