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10 cze 2023 · From Krakatoa to the recent Tonga blast, here are some of the biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history.
1. Mt Tambora, Indonesia, 1815 (VEI 7) Mt. Tambora is the deadliest eruption in recent human history, claiming the lives of up to 120,000 people. On 10 April 1815, Tambora erupted sending volcanic ash 40km into the sky. It was the most powerful eruption in 500 years.
Eyjafjöll is the name of the southern side of the volcanic massif together with the small mountains which form the foot of the volcano. The word jökull [ˈjœːkʏtl̥] , meaning glacier or ice cap, is a cognate with the Middle English word ikil surviving in the -icle of English icicle .
15 gru 2023 · List of famous volcanoes & locations. Information on historic eruptions: Vesuvius, Krakatoa & recent volcanic activity, including the Iceland volcano.
13 lip 2010 · The more than 10,000-foot- (3,048-meter-) tall volcano is called Kawio Barat, referring to the ocean area west of Indonesia's Kawio Islands, south of the Philippines. The giant volcano was...
15 lip 2010 · See the first footage of Kawio Barat, one of the world's largest underwater volcanoes. The roiling, 10,000-foot-tall (3,000-meter-tall) peak is crawling with crustaceans near Indonesia.
28 sie 2024 · Mauna Loa, the world’s largest volcano, located on the south-central part of the island of Hawaii, U.S., and a part of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. One of the largest single mountains in the world, it rises to 13,677 feet above sea level and constitutes half of the island’s area.
