Stratovolcano
Diagrams of stratovolcanoes[edit]
Stratovolcanoes[edit]
Cross section
Characteristic eruption types[edit]
Stratovolcanoes have an inclination to explosive eruptions and - depending on magma composition - the building of lava domes..
Vulcanian eruptions
Pelean eruptions
Plinian eruptions
Lava dome eruptions
Stratovolcanoes in different countries[edit]
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.
The eruption cloud of Mount Redoubt, Chigmit Mountains, Alaska
The Mayon Volcano, the most active stratovolcano in the Philippines.
Popocatépetl, an active stratovolcano in Mexico.
Mount Edziza, in British Columbia, Canada.
Mount Fogo, Fogo Island, Cape Verde, seen from space.
Volcanic ash dunes near Tarvurvur Crater, Rabaul caldera
Mount Kenya, 1972.
Lava lake at Mount Nyiragongo
Arenal Volcano in November 2006
Northwest side of Mount Rainier seen from Tacoma
Three Sisters in Oregon, United States
The Mount Cayley volcanic complex on August 13, 2005.
Mount Adams, 1999
San Vicente in 1994
Acotango from Chungará Lake
Volcan Lanín, January 1997
Ash plume of Mount Pinatubo during 1991 eruption
Mount Arayat as seen from the northwest
Satellite picture of Mount Ararat
Klyuchevskaya Sopka in July 2006
The summit of Snæfellsjökull
Mount Etna's 2002 eruption, photographed from space
Mount Etna in 2007, generating a glowing fountain of molten lava.
Imbabura Volcano photographed in black and white is an inactive stratovolcano in northern Ecuador.
