A stratovolcano is a conical volcano with a steep profile that is composed of many layers of hardened lava, pumice, tephra, and volcanic ash. Stratovolcanoes capable of producing both effusive and explosive eruptions, some of which can be very large. They are the most dangerous type of volcano.
Yes. Mount Cameroon is a stratovolcano.
Mount Vesuvius was a stratovolcano . . . if that's what you mean.
No, Mount Shasta is the other stratovolcano.
Popocateptel, just outside of Mexico City, is a stratovolcano.
Yes. Santorini is a stratovolcano, or at least it was before collapsing into a caldera.
After the aspect (I was in the Nea Kameni island) Santorini is not a stratovolcano.
It is both. A stratovolcano is the same thing as a composite volcano.
It is both. A stratovolcano and a composite volcano are the same thing.
Mount St. Helens, an active stratovolcano, is of the composite type.
Mount St. Helens in Washington is an example of a stratovolcano. Its characteristic cone shape and explosive eruptions are typical of this type of volcano.
The height of a stratovolcano can vary greatly, but they typically range from a few hundred meters to several kilometers in height. Mount Fuji in Japan, for example, is a well-known stratovolcano that stands at approximately 3,776 meters (12,389 feet) tall.
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