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Volcano
Volcano is a place where ash, gases, and molten rock from deep underground erupt onto the surface.

Capulin Volcano National Monument
Capulin Volcano National Monument, is in northeastern New Mexico.

Mud volcanoes of Azerbaijan
Mud volcanoes of Azerbaijan are an estimated 300 formations found mainly around the Azerbaijani city of Baku and along the coast of the Caspian Sea ....

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is located on the island of Hawaii.

Mayon
Mayon is a volcano on the coast of Albay Gulf in southeastern Luzon, in the Philippines.

Seamount
Seamount is a volcano that forms on the ocean floor.

Ixtacihuatl
Ixtacihuatl is an inactive volcano about 35 miles (56 kilometers) southeast of Mexico City.

Krakatau
Krakatau is a volcano that lies in the Sunda Strait of Indonesia, between the islands of Sumatra and Java.

Vesuvius
Vesuvius is the only active volcano on the mainland of Europe.

Kilauea
Kilauea is a volcano on the island of Hawaii.

Lava
Lava is molten rock that pours out of volcanoes or from cracks in the earth.

Mount Pelee
Mount Pelee is an active volcano on the north end of Martinique in the French West Indies.

Aconcagua
Aconcagua is an eroded volcano that has long been dormant.

Mount Saint Helens
Mount Saint Helens is a volcano in the Cascade Mountains, 95 miles (153 kilometers) south of Seattle.

El Misti
El Misti is a beautiful cone-shaped volcano in southern Peru.