They're also called composite volcanoes. Mount Rainier in Washington is a famous stratovolcano. Shield volcanoes are big, broad volcanoes made up of oozy lava flows that erupt from multiple vents.

There are two main types of volcano - composite and shield. The two types of volcano form in different places and have very different characteristics. Ash released from shield volcanoes often ...

Poland described the volcano as "fascinating " but reassured it "doesn't really pose a hazard". The Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, akin to Mauna Loa in Hawaii, the world's most active volcano.

Image caption, This is lava running from a shield volcano - a volcano formed where the tectonic plates move away from each other. Shield volcanoes on the other hand form at constructive tectonic ...

But as a shield volcano, Kilauea doesn’t have explosive, Mt. St. Helens-type eruptions. Instead, it emits a steady stream of fluid lava that generally flows gently down the side of the mountain ...

Poland described the volcano as "fascinating" but reassured that it "doesn't really pose a hazard". Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, similar to Mauna Loa, the world's most active volcano ...

Poland described the volcano as "fascinating " but reassured that it "doesn't really pose a hazard". The Axial Seamount is a shield volcano, similar to Mauna Loa in Hawaii, the world's most active ...

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Patricia] Kīlauea is a little bit different from sort of the stereotypical pointy cone volcano because it's called a shield volcano. Shield volcanoes form when lava is extra runny and can go ...

Yellowstone and Hawaiʻi. These systems a well known for producing large volumes of magma through time and leaving chains of ...

Situated along the Juan de Fuca Ridge, a chain of undersea volcanoes extending between Oregon and Alaska, Axial Seamount is a young shield volcano - a broader volcano with a low profile.