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Major Volcanoes
Name
Location
Interesting facts
Height above
sea level
(feet)
22,831
19,347
Height above
sea level
(meters)
6.959
5,897
Aconcagua
Cotopax
Argentina
Ecuador
El Chichon
Mexico
3,478
1,060
Krakatau
Indones
2,667
813
Mauna Loa
Hawaii
13,677
4,169
Mt. Pinatubo
Philippines
4.875
1.486
Highest mountain in Western Hemisphere: Volcano extinct
Eruption in 1877 produced mudflow that traveled about
150 miles (241 kilometers) and killed about 1,000 people.
Eruption in 1982 killed 187 people and released a cloud of dust
and sulfur d
ar dioxide gas high into the atmosphere.
Great eruption in 1883 heard about 3,000 miles (4.800
kilometers) away, produced sea waves almost 130 feet (40
meters) high that drowned about 36,000 people in nearby
islands
World's largest volcano, rises almost 30,000 feet (9,100 meters)
from ocean floor and is about 60 miles (97 kilometers) wide
its base
Eruption in 1991, perhaps the largest of the 1900's, spewed
about 20 million tons (18 million metric tons) of sulfur dioxide
gas into the atmosphere
In 1980, violent eruptions released large amounts of molten
rock and hot ash; killed 57 people,
In 1815, eruption released 6 million times more energy than
that of an atomic bomb; killed about 92,000 people.
Eruption in 1985 triggered mud slides and floods; destroyed city
of Armero and killed about 25,000 people
Began in farmer's field in 1943; built cinder cone over 500 feet
(150 meters) high in six days.
In 1963, underwater eruption began forming island of Surtsey,
after last eruption of lava in 1967, island covered more than
1 square mile (2.6 square kilometers).
Eruption in about 1500 BC, may have destroyed Minoan
civilization on Crete; legend of lost continent of Atlantis may
be based on this eruption
Mt. St. Helens
Washington
8,364
2,549
Mt. Tambora
Indonesia
9.350
2,850
Nevado del Ruiz Colombia
17,717
5,400
Paricutin
Mexico
9.213
2,808
Surtsey
568
173
North Atlantic
Ocean
Thera
Mediterranean
sea
1,850
564
SOURCE: World Book online
Use the chart to answer the questions that follow. Choose the best
answer provided below.
Which volcano caused tsunamis almost 130 feet high?
O Mauna Loa
O Cotopaxi
O Thera
O Krakatau