Such a hole is called a fumarole.
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A fumarole is a vent on or near a volcano that emits gas. A hot spring is a pool of water heated by an underground source.
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Generally, yes. When a volcano is dormant the temperatures are generally no different from what you would find on a non-volcanic mountain. One exception would be the occasional hot spring or fumarole venting hot gas.
This is known as a volcanic vent.Gas and lava exit a volcano are through a volcanic vent or fissure and cool rapidly at the surface. Eruptions can be fluid or explosive.
A geyser - A fountain of hot water and steam that shoots into the air A fumarole - A "geyser" in which only steam escape So the different is geyser shoot out steam and a fumarole escape
The last eruption from Mount Hood was over 200 years ago. The volcano still releases hot steam and fumarole gas out of it's vents.
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Fumarole is the historic word for furnace
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