Stratovolcano

Diagrams of stratovolcanoes

Stratovolcanoes

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  Cross section

Characteristic eruption types

Stratovolcanoes have an inclination to explosive eruptions and - depending on magma composition - the building of lava domes..

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  Vulcanian eruptions
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  Pelean eruptions
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  Plinian eruptions
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  Lava dome eruptions
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Stratovolcanoes in different countries

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  Mount St. Helens – a stratovolcano in the U.S. state of Washington – the day before the May 18, 1980 eruption that removed much of the top of the mountain.
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  The eruption cloud of Mount Redoubt, Chigmit Mountains, Alaska
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  The Mayon Volcano, the most active stratovolcano in the Philippines.
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  Popocatépetl, an active stratovolcano in Mexico.
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  Mount Edziza, in British Columbia, Canada.
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  Llaima is a stratovolcano in Chile which last erupted on 5th April 2009.
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  Mount Fogo, Fogo Island, Cape Verde, seen from space.
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  Volcanic ash dunes near Tarvurvur Crater, Rabaul caldera
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  Mount Kenya, 1972.
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  Lava lake at Mount Nyiragongo
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  Arenal Volcano in November 2006
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  Northwest side of Mount Rainier seen from Tacoma
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  Three Sisters in Oregon, United States
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  The Mount Cayley volcanic complex on August 13, 2005.
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  Mount Adams, 1999
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  San Vicente in 1994
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  Acotango from Chungará Lake
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  Volcan Lanín, January 1997
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  Anak Krakatau
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  Mount Fuji
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  Ash plume of Mount Pinatubo during 1991 eruption
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  Mount Arayat as seen from the northwest
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  Satellite picture of Mount Ararat
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  Klyuchevskaya Sopka in July 2006
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  The summit of Snæfellsjökull
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  Mount Etna's 2002 eruption, photographed from space
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  Mount Etna in 2007, generating a glowing fountain of molten lava.
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  Imbabura Volcano photographed in black and white is an inactive stratovolcano in northern Ecuador.