volcano

Noun
  1. A fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt (synset 109493680)
    associated with:
    is a type of: cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure - a long narrow opening
    same as: vent
  2. A mountain formed by volcanic material (synset 109495727)
    is a type of: mount, mountain - a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
    specific instances:
    • asama, mount asama - a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet)
    • mount pinatubo, pinatubo - a volcano on Luzon to the northwest of Manila; erupted in 1991 after 600 years of dormancy
    • cameroon - an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast
    • citlaltepetl, mount orizaba, mt orizaba, pico de orizaba - an extinct volcano in southern Mexico between Mexico City and Veracruz; the highest peak in Mexico (18,695 feet)
    • colima, nevado de colima, volcan de colima - an active volcano in southwestern Mexico
    • cotacachi - an Andean volcano in northern Ecuador; last erupted in 1955
    • cotopaxi - the world's largest active volcano; located in the Andes in north central Ecuador
    • demavend - an active volcano in northern Iran
    • el misti - the world's 2nd largest active volcano; located in the Andes in southern Peru
    • etna, mount etna, mt etna - an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet)
    • fuego - a volcano in south central Guatemala
    • fuji, fuji-san, fujinoyama, fujiyama, mount fuji - an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages
    • galeras, pasto - an active volcano in southeastern Colombia in the Andes
    • guallatiri - the world's highest volcano; in the Andes in northern Chile; last erupted in 1959
    • huainaputina - an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Peru; last erupted in 1783
    • klyuchevskaya - an inactive volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula; last erupted in 1946
    • krakatao, krakatau, krakatoa - a small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history
    • lascar - a volcano in the Andes in Chile
    • mauna kea - an active volcano on north central Hawaii Island; highest peak in the Hawaiian Islands
    • mauna loa - an active volcano on south central Hawaii Island
    • nyamuragira - an active volcano in eastern Congo
    • nyiragongo - an active volcano in eastern Congo
    • purace - an inactive volcano in the Andes in southern Colombia; last erupted in 1950
    • sangay - an inactive volcano in the Andes in central Ecuador; last erupted in 1946
    • tupungatito - an inactive volcano in central Chile; last erupted in 1959
    • mount saint helens, mount st. helens, mt. st. helens - an active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity
    • mount vesuvius, mt. vesuvius, vesuvius - a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944
    has: crater, volcanic crater - a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano

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