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What are valcanoes that no longer erupt called?

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Volcanoes that no longer erupt are called extinct volcanoes. These volcanoes have not erupted in a long time and are not expected to erupt again in the future. They are considered to be dormant and have lost their ability to produce magma and release volcanic material.

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Volcanoes that no longer erupt is called an extinct volcano. An extinct volcano is defined as a volcano that has not had an eruption in at least 10,000 years, and is not expected to erupt again in a comparable time scale of the future.

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