Stratovolcano - Wikimedia Commons
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Diagrams of stratovolcanoes
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Characteristic eruption types
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Stratovolcanoes have an inclination to explosive eruptions and - depending on magma composition - the building of lava domes..
Stratovolcanoes in different countries
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Mount St. Helens – a stratovolcano in the U.S. state of Washington – the day before the May 18, 1980 eruption that removed much of the top of the mountain.
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The eruption cloud of Mount Redoubt, Chigmit Mountains, Alaska
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The Mayon Volcano, the most active stratovolcano in the Philippines.
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Popocatépetl, an active stratovolcano in Mexico.
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Mount Edziza, in British Columbia, Canada.
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Llaima is a stratovolcano in Chile which last erupted on 5th April 2009.
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Mount Fogo, Fogo Island, Cape Verde, seen from space.
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Volcanic ash dunes near Tarvurvur Crater, Rabaul caldera
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Arenal Volcano in November 2006
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Northwest side of Mount Rainier seen from Tacoma
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Three Sisters in Oregon, United States
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The Mount Cayley volcanic complex on August 13, 2005.
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Volcan Lanín, January 1997
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Ash plume of Mount Pinatubo during 1991 eruption
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Mount Arayat as seen from the northwest
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Satellite picture of Mount Ararat
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The summit of Snæfellsjökull
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Mount Etna's 2002 eruption, photographed from space
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Mount Etna in 2007, generating a glowing fountain of molten lava.
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Imbabura Volcano photographed in black and white is an inactive stratovolcano in northern Ecuador.