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Subglacial volcanoes are volcanoes that have formed when lava erupts beneath glacial ice. They are somewhat rare worldwide, being confined to regions that are or were covered by continental ice sheets.

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List of subglacial volcanoes

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Subglacial volcanoes are volcanoes that have formed when lava erupts beneath glacial ice. They are somewhat rare worldwide, being confined to regions that...

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List of shield volcanoes

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This list of shield volcanoes includes active, dormant and extinct shield volcanoes. Shield volcanoes are one of the three types[specify] of volcanoes. They...

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Subglacial lake

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A subglacial lake is a lake that is found under a glacier, typically beneath an ice cap or ice sheet. Subglacial lakes form at the boundary between ice...

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Types of volcanic eruptions

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subglacial eruption". Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. USGS. 11 October 1996. Retrieved 5 August 2010. "Subglacial Volcanoes On Mars". Space Daily. 27 June...

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List of stratovolcanoes

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Kolombangara Nonda (volcano) Tinakula Mount Veve List of shield volcanoes List of cinder cones List of lava domes List of subglacial volcanoes Soufrière Guadeloupe...

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Volcano

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Pacific Ring of Fire has volcanoes caused by convergent tectonic plates. Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the crust's...

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List of cinder cones

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Salvador List of lava domes List of shield volcanoes List of stratovolcanoes List of subglacial volcanoes Lists of volcanoes "Veyo Volcano, Washington...

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List of Cascade volcanoes

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is a list of Cascade volcanoes, i.e. volcanoes formed as a result of subduction along the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest of North...

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List of mountain types

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dome Mud volcano Pancake dome Pyroclastic cone Pyroclastic shield Shield volcano Stratovolcano Subglacial mound Submarine volcano Somma volcano Tuya Volcanic...

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List of volcanoes in Antarctica

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This is a list of volcanoes in Antarctica. A 2017 study claimed to have found 138 volcanoes, of which 91 were previously unknown. Some volcanoes are entirely...

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Mount Takahe

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probably even larger. It is part of the West Antarctic Rift System along with 18 other known volcanoes. The volcano was active in the Quaternary period...

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Geography of Antarctica

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and subglacial volcanoes. 16 of the 18 volcanoes are entirely covered by the antarctic ice sheet. There have been no eruptions recorded from any of the...

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Volcanism of Iceland

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Shield volcanoes, as the term is used in the Iceland context, tend to erupt only once, so have monogenetic characteristics. However many shield volcanoes outside...

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Thordarhyrna

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[ˈθourðarˌhɪ(r)tna] ) is one of seven subglacial volcanoes beneath the Vatnajokull glacier in Iceland. It is a paired active central volcano with Grímsvötn, and...

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List of volcanoes in Iceland

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volcanic features to list all of these below, so most monogenetic volcanoes can not be mentioned individually. This list of volcanoes in Iceland only includes...

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Geology of Reykjanes Peninsula

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even completely ice covered during parts of them. As a result, there are hundreds of subglacially formed volcanoes on Iceland. On Reykjanes Peninsula, glaciers...

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Slag Hill

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Slag Hill is a subglacial volcano associated with the Mount Cayley volcanic field in British Columbia, Canada. It consists of glassy, augite-phyric basaltic...

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Volcanism of Canada

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stratovolcanoes, shield volcanoes, submarine volcanoes, calderas, diatremes, and maars, along with less common volcanic forms such as tuyas and subglacial mounds. Though...

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Meehaz Mountain

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ice known as a subglacial mound. List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes List of volcanoes in Canada Volcanism of Canada Volcanism of Western Canada "Meehaz...

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List of volcanoes in Argentina

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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Argentina. Siebert L, Simkin T (2002–present). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene...

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List of Northern Cordilleran volcanoes

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eruption of Tseax Cone and the 1904 eruption of The Volcano. The Northern Cordilleran volcanoes of British Columbia comprises shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes...

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Brown Bluff

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Peninsula of northern Antarctica. It formed in the last 1 million years as a result of subglacial eruptions within an englacial lake. The volcano's original...

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