Monday, November 3, 2014

Top 10 Most Active Volcanoes in the World

1). Mount Etna

Mount Etna is a most active and popular Volcano in Europe and it is
located in Sicily, Italy. Mount Etna is one of the tallest volcano in
the world. Etna is tallest volcano in the European continent it’s around
10922 ft high and it covers 459 sq mi area.

Mount Etna
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Mauna Loa is located on the island of Hawaii. The mensuration of
Mouna Loa is 60 miles long and 30 miles wide. Mauna Loa Volcano is one
of the five volcanoes in the U.S. lt is very largest volcano according
to mass and volume. The volume of Mauna Loa is approximately 18000 cubic
miles.

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3). Mount Nyiragongo

Nyiragongo is located in the western branch of the Rift Valley near
Lake kivu and inside the Virunga National Park. It is almost 3470 meters
high 2 kilometers wide and 250 meters deep.

Mount Nyiragongo
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4). Mount Merapi

Mount Merapi is a active volcano located in central java, Indonesia.
It is approximately 28 kilometers away from north of the Yogyakarta
city.

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5). Geleras Volcano

Geleras Volcano is one of the Colombia’s most active Volcano. The
elevation of Geleras Volcano is 4276 m in the southwestern Colombia near
the border to Ecuador.

Geleras Volcano
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6). Mount Kilimanjaro

Mount Kilimanjaro is conflux of three district volcano in which first
one is Kibo 5895 m high, second 5149 m and last one shira 3962 m. It is
large active stratovolcano. Kilimanjaro is highest mountain in Africa
and approximately 19341 ft above the sea level.

Mount Kilimanjaro
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7). Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano which is located in
Skamania Country, Washington. St. Helens is 154 kilometers south of
Seattle, Washington and 80 kilometers northeast Portland. The elevation
of Helens is 8363 ft.

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8). Taal Volcano

Taal Volcano is a intricate volcano located on the island of Luzon in
the Phillppines. It is approximately 60 kilometers from south of Metro
Manila. It is second most active volcano in the Phillppines.



 Taal Volcano
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 Taal Volcano

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9). Santa Maria Volcano

Santa Maria Volcano is a large active volcano which is located in
Western of Guatemala. It is one of the three largest blasts of 20th
century. It is also listed in five biggest blast in past 200 years. The
elevation of Maria Volcano is 3772 m sharp topped.

Santa Maria Volcano
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Santa Maria Volcano

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Santa Maria Volcano
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10). Ulawun Volcano

Ulawun Volcano is a stratovolcano located in the island of New
Britain, Papua New Guinea. It is approximately 7657 ft high and one of
the most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea. The elevation of Ulawun
volcano is 2334 meters.

Ulawun Volcano
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Ulawun Volcano

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