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What are subglacial volcanoes?

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Submarine volcanoes can also be called "shield volcano," they are volcanoes that are underwater. There is one volcano that is half underwater and half over-water.

That volcano is called "Bora Bora."

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sub glacial volcanoes are volcano form produced by eruption beneath a glacier or beneath the surface of the lake within a glacier.

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