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Mountain Metres Feet Location and Notes Ojos del Salado: 6,893: 22,615: Argentina/Chile – highest dormant volcano on Earth: Monte Pissis: 6,793: 22,287: Argentina ...
Mt. Shasta is a majestic, steep-sided stratovolcano located about 97 km (60 mi) north of Redding along the I-5 corridor in Northern California. It is the most voluminous of all the Cascade Range volcanoes, and the towns of Weed, Mt Shasta City, and McCloud lie in the shadow of its 4,317 m (14,163 ft) high snow- and ice-clad edifice.
The volcano is fed by a magma chamber under the mountain, which in turn derives from the tectonic divergence of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. It is part of a chain of volcanoes stretching across Iceland. Its nearest active neighbours are Katla, to the northeast, and Eldfell, on Heimaey, to the southwest. [12]
Shasta rises abruptly to tower nearly 10,000 feet (3,000 m) above its surroundings. [4] On a clear winter day, the mountain can be seen from the floor of the Central Valley 140 miles (230 km) to the south.
13 lip 2010 · A huge underwater volcano has been mapped and photographed by scientists exploring the deep ocean north of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The more than 10,000-foot- (3,048-meter-) tall volcano is...
Map of World's Largest Volcanoes: This map shows the locations of the world's largest volcanoes. Tamu Massif on the Shatsky Rise in the northwest Pacific Ocean has the greatest mass and the largest footprint. Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii has the greatest height from base to summit.
15 lip 2010 · See the first footage of one of the world's largest underwater volcanoes, a roiling, 10,000-foot-tall peak crawling with crustaceans near Indonesia.
