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The Yellowstone volcano is usually called a supervolcano.

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Were is the largest volcano and what is it called?

Yellowstone Caldera, Yellowstone National Park, USA


What type of volcano produced the caldera that covers most of Yellowstone Nation?

The Yellowstone volcano is usually called a supervolcano.


What type of volcano volcano produced the caldera that covers most of Yellowstone Park?

supervolcano


How was the Yellowstone national park formed?

It was made by the volcano underneath Yellowstone NP


What type of volcano is Yellowstone national park?

the bad news is that there isn't a volcano inYellowstone the fact is that the whole of Yellowstone is just the creator wich is huge and makes it a super volcano which is not good at all!!!


What volcano is an example of a caldera volcano?

Yellowstone Caldera, Wyoming, USA


Is the Yellowstone volcano named mount Smokey Bear?

No. For one thing, the Yellowstone volcano is not a mountain, it is a caldera. It is usually referred to as the Yellowstone caldera or the Yellowstone supervolcano.


What type of volcano produced the caldera that covers most of Yellowstone Park?

The caldera that covers most of Yellowstone Park was produced by a supervolcano. A supervolcano is an explosive volcano capable of producing an eruption with an ejecta volume greater than 1,000 cubic kilometers. The Yellowstone Caldera is one of the largest and most active supervolcanoes in the world.


What type of volcano is under most of Yellowstone National Park?

The Yellowstone Caldera, also known as the Yellowstone Supervolcano, is a volcanic caldera and supervolcano estimated to be an area of about 34 X 45 miles (55 X 72 km).


Is the Yosemite actually a super volcano?

Yellowstone National Park is a super volcano. Yellowstone is over a "hot spot" which is why there are geysers there. The hot spot blew millions of years ago leaving a caldera where the geysers are. Yellowstone is a volcano but do not go expecting an eruption unless you can wait a few million years.


Is Mount Yellowstone a composite volcano?

No. The Yellowstone volcano is neither a mountain nor a composite volcano; it is a caldera.


What famous caldera volcano is in Wyoming?

There is the Yellowstine Caldera in Yellowstone, Wyoming.