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Volcanos
You Gotta Know these Volcanos
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which is the tallest active and southernmost active volcano in the world, located on Ross Island? | Mount Erebus |
| The underground magma of Mount Erebus produces unique pieces of feldspar known as what? | Erebus crystals |
| What name did Mount Erebus take from the primordial personification of darkness in Greek mythology? | Erebus |
| What stratovolcano in eastern Sicily is, according to myth, the site of Hephaestus's forges? | Mount Etna |
| What monster did Zeus trap underneath Mount Etna? | Typhon |
| What large depression on the side of Mount Etna is known as “Valley of the Ox”? | Valle del Bove |
| What is Japan’s tallest mountain, a stratovolcano on the island of Honshu? | Mount Fuji |
| Mount Fuji is one of the “Three Holy Mountains” of Japan, along with Mount Haku and Mount what? | Mount Tate |
| What Japanese artist included *The Great Wave off Kanagawa* in his *Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji* series? | Katsushika Hokusai |
| What famous “Suicide Forest” is located on Mount Fuji’s northwestern slope? | Aokigahara |
| Which shield volcano is the most active of the five volcanoes on the Big Island of Hawaii? | Kilauea |
| In Hawaiian mythology, what fire goddess is said to make her home at Kilauea? | Pele |
| What is the name of the crater on the rim of Kilauea’s caldera where the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory sits? | Halemaʻumaʻu Crater |
| Which stratovolcanic island is located in the Sunda Strait between the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Java? | Krakatoa |
| The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa is believed to have produced what physical record? | loudest sound ever |
| What new island was formed by the continued activity of Krakatoa in 1927? | Anak Krakatau |
| Which shield volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii is the most massive above-sea volcano on Earth? | Mauna Loa |
| Mauna Loa and Kilauea together form what U.S. National Park? | Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park |
| In what year did the U.S. government gag the press from reporting on a Mauna Loa eruption due to the attack on Pearl Harbor? | 1942 |
| What stratovolcano is located in the Zambales Mountains on the Philippine island of Luzon? | Mount Pinatubo |
| The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo caused the global temperature to briefly decrease due to the ejection of what substance? | sulfuric acid (or aerosols) |
| What body of water formed in the crater of Mount Pinatubo after its 1991 eruption? | Lake Pinatubo |
| What stratovolcano is the highest peak in the Cascades and in the state of Washington? | Mount Rainier |
| What is the tallest principal peak of Mount Rainier? | Columbia Crest |
| What glacier on Mount Rainier’s southwestern slope is used to track climate change? | Nisqually Glacier |
| What stratovolcano in the Cascades of Washington erupted in May 1980, the most devastating eruption in U.S. history? | Mount Saint Helens |
| What innkeeper famously refused to evacuate from Mount Saint Helens before the 1980 eruption? | Harry Truman |
| What type of destructive mudflow of pyroclastic material reached the Columbia River during the 1980 Mount Saint Helens eruption? | lahars |
| What stratovolcano on the Gulf of Naples is the only active volcano on mainland Europe? | Mount Vesuvius |
| What Roman cities were buried by the notable AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius? | Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae |
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