They're also called composite volcanoes. Mount Rainier in Washington is a famous stratovolcano. Shield volcanoes are big, broad volcanoes made up of oozy lava flows that erupt from multiple vents.

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A volcano near Anchorage, Alaska, called Mount Spurr, has been rumbling. As a result, the U.S. Geological Survey and Alaska Volcano Observatory issued an alert. This indicates that the volcano, which ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano spurted huge lava fountains high into the air during its most recent eruption.Footage captured live at the scene on March 20 by EpicLava shows the fiery fountains shooting ...

At the heart of a stratovolcano’s explosive nature lies its magma composition. Shield volcanoes like Mauna Loa and others found in Hawaii produce fluid lava flows while stratovolcanoes often erupt ...

By Raymond Zhong When the fuming and rumbling at Mount Spurr, a giant volcano northwest of Anchorage, started picking up in October, Alaska’s volcano monitoring agency raised its alert level to ...