Active Volcanoes of the World 2020
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The document is a classroom project presenting information about active volcanoes around the world. It includes 22 student presentations on volcanoes located in countries such as Nicaragua, Indonesia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Ethiopia, Italy, Washington, California, Russia, Hawaii, Antarctica, Costa Rica, and more. Each presentation provides details on the volcano's location, type, recent eruptions, and other geographic and geologic facts. Citations are included at the end from Wikipedia and other sources.
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- 1. Active Volcanoes of the World 2020 Presented by the 7th Grade 1st Period Students, a classroom project. 22/26
- 2. Mr. Heifner - Masaya, Nicaragua Alex B. - Sangeang Api,Indonesia Nadia C.- Mount Merapi, Indonesia Draven C.-Sangay, Ecuador Kayla D.- Pacaya, Guatemala Gabriella D.- Aiden F.-Klyuchevskaya Sopka, Russia Becca H.- Maya H.- Erta Ale, Ethiopia Corbin H.- Grady H.- Stromboli, Italy Lana K.-Shiveluch, Russia Lilian K.- Mt. St. Helens, Washington, US Lance M.- Kilauea, Hawaii Landon L.- Mount Shasta, California Devin M.- Kendra M.- Koryaksky, Russia Lauren M.- Arenal, Costa Rica Deagan M.-Mount Nyiragongo, Africa Brayden P.- Fourpeaked Volcano, Alaska
- 3. Nicholas P.-Mount Fuji, Japan Landon R.-Hualalai, Hawaii Melissa S.- Mount Erebus, Antarctica Ryan S.-Mount Etna, Pacaya Alex T.- Kilauea, Hawaii Max T.-Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland Regan W.- Narcondam Island, India
- 4. The Masaya Volcano is located in Nicaragua and is a complex volcano and is a shield volcano and cadera with active magma and lava. I visited this volcano in 1978 while in central America. Presented by Mr. Heifner
- 5. The Stromboli volcano is located in italy on an island. Stromboli is a stratovolcano, which means it was built up by layers of ash and lava. This volcano is very active, and has erupted many times in this century. Presented by Grady Hoover
- 6. The Kilauea Volcano is an active shield volcano on the hawaiian islands. This volcano is the second youngest volcano on the islands and the most active, made 10,000 years ago. It has formed a caldera at its summit and its most recent eruption was in 2018. Alex Thomas
- 7. Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the southernmost active volcano on Earth. This active volcano is located in the Ross dependency on Ross Island, where it is the only active volcano among three others (Mount Terror, Mount Bird, Mount Terra Nova). It was discovered on January 27, 1841 and has been active since about 1.3 million years ago. Erebus is the current eruptive zone of the Erebus Hotspot. Presented by Melissa Santoyo.
- 8. The Arenal Volcano is located in Costa Rica. It is one of the 7 historically active volcanoes. It has an elevation of 1100 meters. The Arenal Volcano erupts 3 to 5 times a day. It is a young volcano and is less than 7,500 years old. It is famous for its large explosive eruption in 1968 that killed 87 people a wiped out 3 small villages. The last eruption was in 2010. Presented By: Lauren Mills
- 9. Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is 50 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon and 96 miles south of Seattle, Washington. Its last eruption was July 10, 2008. It has at least had 4 major eruptions. On May 18, 1980 the eruption of Mount St. Helens became the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history. (A total of) 57 people died and thousands of animals were killed. Lilly K.
- 10. The volcano I chose was Mount Merapi, Indonesia. Mount Merapi erupts every 5 to 10 years, on regular. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia. Mount Merapi last erupted on June 21, 2020. The volcano is now 2930 meters high. - Nadia Cline
- 11. K朝lauea is an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands that last erupted between 1983 and 2018. Historically, K朝lauea is the most active of the five volcanoes that together form the island of Hawai併i. Located along the southeastern shore of the island, the volcano is between 210,000 and 280,000 years old and emerged above sea level about 100,000 years ago.There were 400 death by this volcano. By: Lance Mohr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%ABlauea
- 12. Eyjafjallaj旦kull is one of the smaller ice caps of Iceland, north of Sk坦gar and west of M箪rdalsj旦kull. The ice cap covers the caldera of a volcano with a summit elevation of 1,651 metres.Eyjafjallaj旦kull elevation is 5,466 feet. By Max Tynan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull
- 13. The volcano I chose was Pacaya. Pacaya is one of Guatemalas most active volcanoes. The volcano is near Guatemala City. Pacaya eruptions have taken place in the following years: 1360, 1565, 1623, 1651, 1655, 1664, 1668, 1671, 1674, 1677, 1678, 1690, 1693, 1699, 1717, 1760, 1775, 1805, 1830, 1846, 1885, 1961, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 - May 1998 (intense period of summit activity), 1999-2003, 2004-2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014. Pacaya eruptions are usually mildly explosive and effusive. This volcano is a complex basaltic volcano. Presented by Kayla Davis
- 14. The Erta Ale volcano in located in Ethiopia. It is 613 meters (2,011 feet) tall. The Erta Ale volcano also my have one or sometimes two active lava lakes at the peak, which cause them to overflow on the south side occasionally. It is known for the longest- existing lava lake because it has been there since 1906. The Erta Ale is one of the eight volcanoes in the world with a lava lake, they are very rare. Erta Ale means smoking mountain in Afar language. There was a major eruption on September 25, 2005 and it killed 250 head of livestock and made thousands of residents to flee somewhere else. In August 2007, there was further lava flow, causing hundreds of people to leave and two missing. Then there was more eruptions, one in November 2008 and another one was in January 2017. Presented by: Maya Harris
- 15. The volcano that I chose is Mount Shasta in California. Mount Shasta is an active volcano, and the last eruption that happened was in 1786. The height of the mountain is about 14,179 feet. Mount Shasta is the fifth highest in the state of California. Presented by Landon Leach.
- 16. The volcano I chose was Koryaksky this volcano is located in Russia. Scientist believe this volcano has been active for tens of thousands of years. Geological records have shown that this volcano has had 3 major eruptions in the last 10,000 years. The first time this volcano erupted was around 1890. Produced by Kendra McNall.
- 17. The Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano is located in Russia on the Kamchatka peninsula. Its first eruption recorded was in 1697. Klyuchevskaya is a stratovolcano that is fairly active and last erupted in 2015. Sopka translated to english means volcano. Presented by: Aiden F. Klyuchevskaya
- 18. Mount Fuji is in Japan surrounded by Narusawa, Hitoana, Kitayama, Awakura, Inno, Nakabata, Subashiri, and Kamiyoshida. Mount Fujis first eruption was 10,000 years ago and its last was in 1708. While it may be a tourist sight and and considered a sacred beauty Mount Fuji is an active volcano that sits on 3 tectonic plates. It is the highest mountain in japan at 12388 feet. Its base is 78 miles wide. Mount Fuji is a stratovolcano and has erupted 17 times since 781AD. By: Nicholas Pottorff
- 19. Fourpeaked Volcano is an active stratovolcano in the U.S. state of Alaska. The Alaska Volcano Observatory rates Fourpeaked Volcano as Aviation Alert Level Green and Volcanic-alert Level Normal. It is nearly completely covered by Fourpeaked Glacier. Fourpeaked Volcano was thought to be extinct for more than 10,000 years until its last eruption in September of 2006. By: Brayden Perkins
- 20. Mount Etna erupts once every year, also the name Enta mens I burn. Mount Etna biggest eruption killed 20,000 people. The soil surrounding the Etna volcano is extremely fertilized. The Roman God of Fire is thought to have lived in Mount Etna.- Ryan Stuckey
- 21. The volcano I picked is Mount Nyiragongo. Mount Nyiragongo is located in africa. It is infamous because when the lava lake goes down the lava is like water. It is currently erupting(as of 8/07/19). It has erupted 34 times. In 1977 lava shot down the mountain 60 mph. By Deagan Minnella
- 22. Sangay Volcano Sangay is an active stratovolcano located in central Ecuador. It is the most active volcano in Ecuador, although it has only erupted four times. By Draven Cumings
- 23. Huallai Volcano The volcano I picked is Huallai. Huallai is located on the Hawian island Hawaii. It is the third most active of all five Hawian volcanoes. This volcano is still considered active even though it has not erupted in 200 years. By: Landon Roe
- 24. The volcano I picked is the narcondam island and It is a small volcanic island located in India. The peak rises to 710 meters above sea level. Lots of people like to scuba dive there. By Regan Walker
- 25. Shiveluch is a volcano in eastern Russia. The most recent eruption of Young Shiveluch started on August 15, 1999, and continues as of 2020. It is still erupting too this day. The elevation is 3,307 meters. Presented by Lana Keller.
- 26. Sangeang Api is an active complex volcano on the island of Sangeang in Indonesia. It erupted in 1988 and everyone on the island evacuated. It is one of the most active volcanoes in the Lesser Sunda Islands. By: Alex Barry
- 27. Citations MH: By Leon petrosyan - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=55492926 AT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%ABlauea MS: Mount Erebus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus LK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens NC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Merapi LM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arenal_Volcano LL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano#/media/File:Mount_Shasta KM: Koryaksky- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koryaksky
- 28. Citations AF:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klyuchevskaya_Sopka#2019-2020_eruptions NP:www.thejapaneseshop.co.uk/blog/10-interesting-facts-mount-fuji/ DM: Mount Nyiragongo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Nyiragongo, https://www.virungaparkcongo.com/information/strange-facts-mount-nyiragongo/ https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/nyiragongo.html RW:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcondam_Island MH: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erta_Ale LK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiveluch AB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangeang_Api