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A volcanic neck is a cylindrical mesa composed of basaltic rock and protruding from the surrounding terrain. A volcanic neck forms inside a volcano when the heat and pressure from below are reduced so that the magma inside the volcano's vent solidifies. Over a period of a few hundred thousand years, the surrounding softer earth erodes away, leaving the volcanic neck standing alone.

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