volcano

A volcano is a geological formation where molten rock, ash, and gases escape from beneath a planet's surface through vents or fissures, often forming a mountainous structure.

Observed surface forms (26)

• shield volcano ×12
• extinct volcano ×8
• volcanic peak ×7
• glaciated volcano ×6
• volcanic cone ×6
• volcanic massif ×5
• volcanic mountain ×4
• shield volcano remnant ×3
• submarine volcano ×3
• volcanic tuff cone ×3

• Cascade Range volcano ×2
• Hawaiian volcano ×2
• cinder cone volcano ×2
• stratovolcano complex ×2
• volcanic cinder cone ×2
• Cascade Volcano ×1
• Hawaiian volcano feature ×1
• Pleistocene volcano ×1
• Quaternary volcano ×1
• basaltic volcano ×1
• eroded volcano ×1
• extinct stratovolcano ×1
• monogenetic volcano ×1
• supervolcano ×1
• volcanic summit ×1
• 火山 ×1

Instances (74)

• Three Sisters via concept surface "stratovolcano complex"
• Poike via concept surface "extinct volcano"
• Newberry Volcano via concept surface "shield volcano"
• Medicine Lake Volcano via concept surface "shield volcano"
• Diamond Head via concept surface "volcanic tuff cone"
• Terevaka via concept surface "shield volcano"
• Mount Akagi
• Mauna Loa via concept surface "shield volcano"
• Kīlauea via concept surface "shield volcano"
• Mount Garibaldi via concept surface "glaciated volcano"
• Mount Suribachi via concept surface "volcanic mountain"
• Lombok
  surface form: Mount Rinjani
• Volcán Tajumulco
• Nevado Sajama via concept surface "extinct volcano"
• Star Mountain
• Tangkuban Perahu
• East Java
  surface form: Mount Bromo
• Mount Rainier via concept surface "glaciated volcano"
• Mount Adams via concept surface "Cascade Range volcano"
• Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint via concept surface "volcanic cinder cone"
• Lassen Peak
• Mount Baker via concept surface "glaciated volcano"
• Glacier Peak via concept surface "glaciated volcano"
• Mount Meager massif via concept surface "glaciated volcano"
• Mount Cayley via concept surface "glaciated volcano"
• Humphreys Peak via concept surface "volcanic summit"
• Tibesti Mountains via concept surface "shield volcano"
  surface form: Emi Koussi
• Tolbachik
• Cinder Cone via concept surface "volcanic cone"
• Llullaillaco volcano
  surface form: Llullaillaco
• Mount St. Helena via concept surface "volcanic peak"
• Puy de Sancy
• Cantal Mountains via concept surface "volcanic massif"
• Forecast Seamount via concept surface "submarine volcano"
• Sierra Nevada (Mexico)
  surface form: Pico de Orizaba
• San Pedro volcano
• Esmeralda Bank via concept surface "submarine volcano"
• Monts Dore via concept surface "volcanic massif"
• Long Valley Caldera via concept surface "supervolcano"
• NW Rota-1 via concept surface "submarine volcano"
• Koʻolau Range via concept surface "shield volcano remnant"
• Waiʻanae Range via concept surface "shield volcano remnant"
• Louis Carrel
  surface form: Chimborazo
• Punchbowl Crater via concept surface "volcanic tuff cone"
• Mont Gerbier de Jonc via concept surface "volcanic cone"
• Green Mountain via concept surface "volcanic peak"
• Emi Koussi
• Parícutin via concept surface "cinder cone volcano"
• Middle Sister via concept surface "volcanic mountain"
• Broken Top via concept surface "extinct stratovolcano"