The main place to find these types of volcanoes is the "Ring of Fire" that circles the Pacific Ocean. There are more than 450 volcanoes in the Ring of Fire, according to the National Oceanic and ...

What’s next? Lava is erupting from several volcanoes, including one in Hawaii. Nearly 50 volcanic eruptions have been ...

The two types of volcano form in different places and have very different characteristics. Ash released from shield volcanoes often builds up around the vent forming a steep, round hill known as a ...

There are many different kinds of volcanoes, ranging from the Hawaiian type, which produces gentle, effusive eruptions that tourists can observe from mere steps away, to the andesitic variety ...

At Ol Doinyo Lengai in northern Tanzania for instance, the lava flows at temperatures so low it is possible (though by no means pleasant) to survive. The most common type of lava flow is basaltic ...

Composite volcanoes are the most common type of volcano. They can have violent eruptions and can grow bigger as layers of thick lava and ash harden on top of each other. Mount Etna in Sicily ...